Trump calls for release of all Capitol attackers after Supreme Court ruling that reduces charges

Former President of the United States and Republican candidate for re-election, Donald Trump, requested this Friday – Saturday morning in Spain – the release of all the Capitol attackers in January 2021, as well as the suspension of all the processes underway with the rest, after the Supreme Court significantly limited the terms of the charges of obstruction of justice for which he was accused.

The court, which adopted a deeply conservative turn due to the nominations made by Trump during his time in the White House, ruled yesterday that to establish a charge of obstruction of justice it was necessary to demonstrate that the defendant in question intended to alter or destroy official documents, thus placing the burden of proof on the prosecution.

There are currently 250 accused of the attack on the Capitol who are charged with obstruction, to which we must add another 52 where the accused in question was convicted only of this crime and of this number, 27 are currently in prison. Department of Justice.

This Friday, and during a rally in Chesapeake, Virginia, he described those imprisoned as “hostages” and demanded their immediate release. The president, accused of inciting the attack on January 6, 2021 after casting doubt on the result of his electoral defeat against Joe Biden, urged the government to “release the hostages of January 6 now for everything they have done”.

“They’ve been waiting for this decision for a long time and the Supreme Court’s decision is a great response and a great thing for all those people who have been treated so horribly,” said Trump, the former president, who has been promising for months that he would do everything possible to overturn the assault proceedings if he returns to the White House in November.