A January 6 Capitol rioter who is awaiting sentencing is asking the justices to stop the DOJ from trying to 'chill political speech' before the 2024 election.
that he believes the use of the statute that the litigation is centered around could upend the cases of"hundreds of defendants."
Donald Trump supporters clash with police and security forces during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. A convicted rioter is asking the Supreme Court to hear his appeal of one of the 11 charges he was indicted on.
"The petitioner submits that the Justice Department's overbroad application of the federal penal code to prosecute participants in the January 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol is the act of a behemoth unrecognized, unwarranted and unwelcome in American life," the petition reads.
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