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that narrowed the use of a 20-year felony obstruction charge known as Section 1512. The Justice Department had applied the charge to hundreds of defendants.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper granted Strand’s motion for release. Strand had gone to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6Dr. Simone Gold, who has already served a 60-day prison sentence on a misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. Although Strand will have to complete his 12-month sentence for four Jan. 6 misdemeanor charges, his release date is now set for July 24.
Strand is not the only defendant who has seen a windfall from the Supreme Court’s decision, which constrained the use of the statute that punished anyone attempting to “obstruct, influence, or impede any official proceeding.” Several defendants were granted early release before the Supreme Court’s decision, and others, such as Jorge Riley, were released pending the resolution of their motions to vacate their sentences. the release of Riley from prison.
Trump faces two violations of 1512 in his federal election interference case in Washington, D.C., which has yet to return to the district court level after it was stalled since March so the Supreme Court could weigh his presidential immunity dispute. It remains to be seen whether Trump will attempt to challenge his obstruction charges in response to U.S.
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