A number of infamous convicts from the Republican-led January 6th domestic terrorist attack on Congress have been released from prison pending appeal even before the Supreme Court rules on whether one of the charges brought against Donald Trump and other insurrectionists is constitutional, the Washington Post reports.
Kevin Seefried, the Maryland man who carried a Confederate flag in the Capitol, was released one year into a three-year sentence. Another man who wore a Trump flag as a cape as he searched through desks in the Senate was only five months into a 14-month sentence when he was released.
The crime which the insurrectionists are charged with, obstructing or impeding an official proceeding, awaits a Supreme Court decision on whether the law applies to the actions of Congress–in this case, the certification of the election–or if only covers the actual destruction of evidence or witness intimidation.