A man who paraded a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will be released early from prison as the Supreme Court weighs the fate of hundreds of Capitol Hill protesters charged with obstruction by the feds.
A man who paraded a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will be released early from prison as theweighs the fate of hundreds of Capitol Hill protesters charged with obstruction by the feds.
“The riot on January 6th was the culmination of a unique — indeed, never-before-seen — confluence of events. The Government provides the Court no evidence suggesting that any of the events that led to that riot are reasonably likely to recur. Nor does it point to any evidence that Seefried would participate in another riot if they did,” the judge wrote.’s upcoming case, suggesting the nature of the election year could lead to the same “political maelstrom” seen on Jan. 6.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee, ordered the release of Thomas Adams Jr., who was convicted of obstructing an official proceeding, while theAdams was sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised probation. He has been in custody since August. One is John Strand. In February, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee, denied his request for early release over his obstruction charge. The reason was that Strand still had to serve time for his misdemeanor charges.
He and a companion left town briefly but returned to the Capitol grounds and entered the building, though after the electoral vote count in Congress was suspended.Video captured him handing handcuffs to an officer and patting him on the shoulder. Mr. Fischer was later pepper-sprayed in a crowd of protesters.
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