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Gene Rossi Quoted in CBS News: “Federal Judge Warns of Jan. 6 Case Backlog as Supreme Court Weighs Key Obstruction Statute”
December 18, 2023

Gene Rossi was quoted in CBS News, in an article titled “Federal Judge Warns of Jan. 6 Case Backlog as Supreme Court Weighs Key Obstruction Statute.” The article discusses the recent news that the Supreme Court has agreed to examine the breadth of federal statute 1512, an obstruction law used to prosecute hundreds of defendants for their alleged actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and how the court's very consideration of the law is already being invoked in both federal district court proceedings and by those already convicted in high-profile Jan. 6 cases.

"The 1512 charge for the prosecutors was their gold standard, it was their North Star. It was the capstone of their prosecutions," Rossi told CBS News. "If the Supreme Court removes that capstone, that gold star, that North Star, that could be a tremendous game-changer for many defendants."

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