The Supreme Court will hear a case that could impact federal charges against former President Donald J. Trump and the prosecutions of Capitol rioters, focusing on whether a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act applies to the conduct of a former police officer involved in the Capitol assault. The law, enacted in 2002, was prompted by accounting fraud and the destruction of documents, and its interpretation could affect the charges against Trump and hundreds of rioters.
The Supreme Court will hear a case that could impact hundreds of prosecutions related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, potentially affecting former President Donald Trump's charges for plotting to subvert the 2020 election. The case involves the interpretation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and its applicability to the actions of rioters, including a former police officer. A ruling in favor of the defendant could have implications for Trump's charges, although he still faces other allegations.
Tina Peters, a former clerk in Mesa County, Colorado, and a Trump loyalist, has been sentenced to four months of home detention and 120 hours of community service after being convicted of obstruction charges related to stonewalling investigators from the district attorney's office in Mesa County. Peters, who is also awaiting trial in a voting equipment tampering case, was fined $750 and ordered to wear an ankle monitor. She has been a leading election denier in Colorado and promoted former President Donald J. Trump's false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen.
