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A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a motion to dismiss charges against four Proud Boys who allegedly took part in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, stating that the case against them was clear and had precedent.

Justice departments theory here is the obstruction of a congressional proceeding. were that theory to have been knocked defense it would have been a problem. the judge dismisses that you can claim violence in an attempt to overthrow the election was a first amendment expression. thats been put to recht here. in the criminal case, that appeal is not going to be available to them normally until after theres a conviction. this should clear the road for the prosecutions. >> what can we expect from s...

Possible criminal referral? >> it is clear that the committee is looking for all communications involving trump and his higher ups, people in the war room, in the willard, and anything else that would impact on trump being aware of what was going on, was part of the pleading and was essentially obstructing an official proceeding. and the committee is looking at two potential allegations against trump and his higher ups. wire fraud and obstruction. and the wire fraud is very simple because the wi...

Former president trump? we heard in jessicas story that they are thinking about that, that chairman bennie thompson has indicated that it could be on the table due to trumps delayed response. what are your thoughts? >> well, i think that there are charges that are in the atmosphere, if you will, obstruction, conspiracy to obstruct, incitement, conspiracy to incite, even sedition and conspiracy to commit sedition. im not sure how easy its to get to a criminal charge by mere inaction if all he did...

Magistrate clears 44-year-old woman of obstructing a public officer. One officer called her ‘fatty’ and accused her of feigning pregnancy, trial heard.

Which is something rarely charged, but it seems to me its less obscure than some folks that made it out to be. its part of the package of federal instruction statutes. theres an entire chapter of the federal code that lays out different kinds of obstruction. the reason obstruction in a government proceeding might be charged is because it doesnt happen very often. we saw the michigan statehouse run over by protesters in the leadup to the election, but that was state and would never have been cons...

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Intend to try to stop the count that would otherwise happen. thats cheneys point here. these by the way are trump judges, two out of the three that made this determination. the other thing shes saying is, you know, its not just trumps action but inaction. so trump is saying i guess his defense is look, i didnt light the match. but by all accounts what cheney is saying is look, at least you sat in front of the fire truck toasting marshmallows if you didnt light the match. whether or not donald tr...

The rails than usual. >> and the issue here, she uses the words corruptly, because thats important, stick to obstruct or impede. if you cannot charge people who were involved in january six with obstruction, then it stops being a felony. it becomes a misdemeanor. which is destruction. which is more like protests. and that is the argument, i guess. i am oversimplifying it here. but that is the legal argument that some of these people are making. it was a destruction, a protest, it was meant to be...

The words corruptly because thats important seek to obstruct or impede. if you cannot charge people who were involved in january 6th with obstruction, then it sort of doesnt -- it stops being a felony and becomes a misdemeanor, which is disruption, which is more like protest and thats the argument i guess im over simplifying it here but that seems to be the legal argument some of these people make. it was a disruption, a protest, versus the bstruction of an official proceeding. thats what this h...