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joseph fischer is facing seven criminal charges for his violent attack on the capitol.. supreme court heard his appeal of one of those charges. obstructing an official proceeding. joseph fischer argues that that lot does not apply to anything he's accused of doing on january 6. the law says, whoever corruptly alters, destroys, relates, or conceals the record, document, or other object or attempts to do so with the attempt to impair the object's integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding or otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding or attempts to do so. is subject to prosecution. one of the charges pending against donald trump is that very same charge that joseph fischer is appealing to the u.s. supreme court . if the supreme court finds in joseph fischer's favor they will in effect be finding in donald trump's favor which means once again today clarence thomas publicly deepens the scandal that he lives in. clarence thomas, of course, should have recused himself from hearing the case after his wife joined donald trump on january
joseph fischer is facing seven criminal charges for his violent attack on the capitol.. supreme court heard his appeal of one of those charges. obstructing an official proceeding. joseph fischer argues that that lot does not apply to anything he's accused of doing on january 6. the law says, whoever corruptly alters, destroys, relates, or conceals the record, document, or other object or attempts to do so with the attempt to impair the object's integrity or availability for use in an official...
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fischer, who came there to were charged with other things? yes. exactly. they are charged with other things where it might need maintenance. they're just going to serve less prison time. and it could complicated many cases, including the form more president's case. >> all right, fascinating stuff. joan biskupic on the case, as always, at the us supreme court, court has just ended for the day in the hush money case and not the supreme court. that's a different chord. we're hearing that there's been another big development. we're going to go right back to that courthouse in manhattan next day with us >> have you heard sling tv offers the news you love for less weight. you look and sound just like me. actually i am, you because i'm the same news programs on sling for less, you mean you're me but for less money, a lot less? i'm all your favorite news programs and more on sling starting at just $40 a month. everything great about me, but for less money, which makes me greater than you think it's the same news for less starting at $40 a month >> wh
fischer, who came there to were charged with other things? yes. exactly. they are charged with other things where it might need maintenance. they're just going to serve less prison time. and it could complicated many cases, including the form more president's case. >> all right, fascinating stuff. joan biskupic on the case, as always, at the us supreme court, court has just ended for the day in the hush money case and not the supreme court. that's a different chord. we're hearing that...
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joseph fischer, one of the defendants, came to the fore today and appeal that saying that you can't use this part of the post enron law unless there's actually some evidence that had been tainted in some way now, he's lost in lower courts in here. let me just tell you, first of all, some of the comments that were made. justices were very skeptical but here's an example of justice sotomayor, who said that no otherwise should give a new kind of claim here. i think we have the sound from her. yeah. that's run joseph justice sotomayor let me give you an example there is a sign on a theater. you will be kicked out of the theater if you photograph or record the actors or otherwise disrupt the performance if you start yelling, i think no one would question that you can be expected to be kicked doubt under this policy, even though yelling has nothing to do with photograph, we're recording >> but actually jake, her view was the minority. most of the justices, the conservative justices felt like there had to be a linkage that you had to have if you use justice sotomayor's example, you had to have
joseph fischer, one of the defendants, came to the fore today and appeal that saying that you can't use this part of the post enron law unless there's actually some evidence that had been tainted in some way now, he's lost in lower courts in here. let me just tell you, first of all, some of the comments that were made. justices were very skeptical but here's an example of justice sotomayor, who said that no otherwise should give a new kind of claim here. i think we have the sound from her....
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joseph fischer, a former police officer who breached the capitol that day, brought the case.ice department has gone too far. >> attempting to stop a vote count or something like that is a very different act than actually changing a document or altering a document. >> reporter: the court's conservative majority appeared sympathetic to the police officer's case. >> would a heckler in today's audience qualify or at the state of the union address? would pulling a fire alarm before a vote qualify for 20 years in federal prison? >> reporter: the court's liberal members focused on the plain text, which makes it a crime to "obstruct, influence or impede any official proceeding." >> there are ways, multiple ways in which the drafter could have made it clear that they intended to also operate only in the sphere of evidence spoliation, but it doesn't do that. >> reporter: david, two of the four charges against former president trump in the election interference case involve this same law. if the justices side with that police officer, trump's attorneys could move to toss out the obstruc
joseph fischer, a former police officer who breached the capitol that day, brought the case.ice department has gone too far. >> attempting to stop a vote count or something like that is a very different act than actually changing a document or altering a document. >> reporter: the court's conservative majority appeared sympathetic to the police officer's case. >> would a heckler in today's audience qualify or at the state of the union address? would pulling a fire alarm before...
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the argument -- for whom the argument is being made in the supreme court, i'm sorry, joseph fischer,officer. he was actually a police officer in pennsylvania, who went in, yelled charge, ran into the capitol, wrote it might get violent in a series of texts. he warned his police chief he might need to post bail. instead the chief accompanied authorities to arrest him in 2021. for him now to make the argument that the obstruction charge only refers to shredding paper and not to what he did, how do you feel about that? >> thanks for having me on your show. and it's very unfortunate that people that sworn the same oath as i did on january 6th took part in the violence instead of removing himself from the violence. he joined them willfully. and it's very disingenuous of people like him to do that because we are supposed to be held at a higher standard. and he should have known better that we were trying to restore order. he probably would see the violence especially on the west front where i was. so it's total betrayal. and also, a lack of support for his fellow officers. >> and what abou
the argument -- for whom the argument is being made in the supreme court, i'm sorry, joseph fischer,officer. he was actually a police officer in pennsylvania, who went in, yelled charge, ran into the capitol, wrote it might get violent in a series of texts. he warned his police chief he might need to post bail. instead the chief accompanied authorities to arrest him in 2021. for him now to make the argument that the obstruction charge only refers to shredding paper and not to what he did, how...
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fischer, seen here inside the capital, speaking to an officer on january 6. now, here's attorney claims that prosecutors overreached by charging him with obstruction. that's important to note that fish are also faces six other charges is happening from that vary de, but the justices, they debated at length how but literally to read the law that was written 20 years ago after the enron scandal and the law criminalize the destruction of document that would impede an investigation. but also says is the important part or otherwise obstructs influences or impedes any official proceeding or attempts to do so. the big question for the court should the law which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison be applied to january 6. defendants who didn't necessarily destroy documents, but work convicted of obstructing the certification of the election. here's justice sotomayor, questioning the defense on that point. >> let me give you an example there is a sign on a theater. you will be kicked out of the theater if you photograph for record the actors or otherwise d
fischer, seen here inside the capital, speaking to an officer on january 6. now, here's attorney claims that prosecutors overreached by charging him with obstruction. that's important to note that fish are also faces six other charges is happening from that vary de, but the justices, they debated at length how but literally to read the law that was written 20 years ago after the enron scandal and the law criminalize the destruction of document that would impede an investigation. but also says...
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fischer, a former pennsylvania kenya police officer, who was charged with multiple federal crimes for his role in the january 6 attack according to court documents, even texting take democratic congress to the gallows and can't vote if they can breathe lol he is challenging a federal law that makes it a crime for anyone who otherwise it's obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding arguing the law passed in 2002 and the wake of the enron accounting scandal is not meant to apply to january 6. rioters. >> justice samuel alito >> pressed fissures lawyer on the meaning of otherwise in that statute, you may be fighting off more than you can chew by suggesting if if you are indeed suggesting that the otherwise clause can only be read the way you read it, >> chief justice john roberts also took issue with prosecutors broadly interpreting a law that's geared toward prohibiting the destruction of records. >> you can't just tack it on and say look at it as if it's standing alone because it's not the three liberal justices appearing to for the government's positiith stice sonia sot
fischer, a former pennsylvania kenya police officer, who was charged with multiple federal crimes for his role in the january 6 attack according to court documents, even texting take democratic congress to the gallows and can't vote if they can breathe lol he is challenging a federal law that makes it a crime for anyone who otherwise it's obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding arguing the law passed in 2002 and the wake of the enron accounting scandal is not meant to apply to...
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versus united states, fissure is this man, joseph fischer. he's a former pennsylvania police officer who was indicted for storming the capitol his lawyers argued that he wasn't really part of the mob, that he just got squeezed in by the crowd. he's also charged with trying to obstruct an official proceeding to stop congress from doing its job and certified the 2020 election now that is the piece that the justices will ultimately decide whether or not the justice department can actually charge him with obstruction they're doing it under a 2002 law that was meant to corral white-collar criminals it was originally designed to stop the smartest criminals in the room at enron and other companies like it from destroying evidence. now of the nearly 1,400 people who are arrested for participating in the insurrection, 350 are facing obstruction charges, including donald trump so today, fischer's attorney argued that the law is ridiculously limited that unless you're talking about documents or records, unless you are tampering with evidence, it really
versus united states, fissure is this man, joseph fischer. he's a former pennsylvania police officer who was indicted for storming the capitol his lawyers argued that he wasn't really part of the mob, that he just got squeezed in by the crowd. he's also charged with trying to obstruct an official proceeding to stop congress from doing its job and certified the 2020 election now that is the piece that the justices will ultimately decide whether or not the justice department can actually charge...