The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing an emergency motion filed by special counsel Jack Smith in a case that has a lot to do with Donald Trump and hundreds of Americans arrested on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol Building.
According to Politico, “The case, arising from the prosecution of a Jan. 6 defendant accused of pushing against police and inflaming a mob attempting to breach the Capitol, calls into question prosecutors’ handling of an Enron-era obstruction law to punish those who stormed Congress.”
The charge is “obstruction of an official proceeding,” and it is one of the felony counts that Trump himself faces in his so-called ‘election interference’ case filed by Smith. That charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.
On Tuesday, attorneys for Trump leveled charges of “election interference” at Smith after he filed the motion with the Supreme Court. Smith filed a motion on Monday seeking a swift resolution from the nation’s highest court, asking justices to determine whether Trump has immunity from being prosecuted.
“Crooked Joe Biden’s henchman, Deranged Jack Smith, is so obsessed with interfering in the 2024 Presidential Election to prevent President Trump from retaking the Oval Office, as the President is poised to do, that Smith is willing to try for a Hail Mary by racing to the Supreme Court and attempting to bypass the appellate process,” a Trump spokesperson said of the filing.
“Deranged may need to be reminded that the Supreme Court has not been kind to him, including by handing down a rare unanimous rebuke when the Court overturned him 8-0 in the McDonnell case,” the spokesperson added.
