- The Supreme Court scheduled conferences for Dec. 1 to discuss whether to accept two appeals, one of which involves an off-duty federal agent who carried his service pistol and credentials onto the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, and the other which involves the Justice Department’s use of an evidence-tampering law in Capitol riot cases.
- The first case involving Edward Lang challenges the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding under an evidence-tampering law, which more than 300 other defendants have faced. Lang’s attorneys argued that the charge could be brought against anyone attending a “public demonstration gone awry.”
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Jericho Steve, of Pennsylvania, a supporter of the January 6th defendants and former President Donald Trump, protests outside federal court, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Washington, where sentencing had been expected for members of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys, including former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and member Ethan Nordean who were convicted on charges of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack. The sentencing was rescheduled to Sept. 5. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
