{"id":2320156,"date":"2024-08-06T17:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T21:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-a-dozen-charged-over-jan-6-since-last-month-doj-announces-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T17:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T21:11:25","slug":"more-than-a-dozen-charged-over-jan-6-since-last-month-doj-announces-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-a-dozen-charged-over-jan-6-since-last-month-doj-announces-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"More than a dozen charged over Jan. 6 since last month, DOJ announces &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmore-than-a-dozen-charged-over-jan-6-since-last-month-doj-announces-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2320156&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Department \u200cof Justice, led \u2063by U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves, has recently charged \u200b16 individuals in connection\u2063 with \u2062the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, as \u2064part of ongoing efforts to hold those responsible\u2064 accountable. Since the incident, a total of 1,488 people have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-convicted-eco-saboteur-disputes-biden-land-management-nominees-characterization-of-their-relationship\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Convicted Eco-Saboteur Disputes Biden Land Management Nominee\u2019s Characterization Of Their Relationship\">faced charges related<\/a>\u200d to the breach, with \u2063many accused of entering\u200c restricted federal property and a significant number facing assault charges \u2063against law enforcement. Over 900 defendants have either been convicted or \u200dpleaded guilty, resulting\u200b in more than half receiving prison\u2064 sentences.<\/p>\n<p>Graves also noted the implications of \u2063a recent Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of an obstruction charge affecting 259 \u2062individuals. This ruling has prompted some defendants to challenge their charges, which could impact ongoing cases. However, \u2064individuals whose cases \u2062are already resolved may be hesitant to re-enter the legal process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">More than a dozen charged over Jan. 6 since last month, DOJ announces<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1690679\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves revealed Tuesday that his office has brought charges against 16 people in connection with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jan. 6<\/a>, 2021, Capitol riot since last month.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Washington, D.C.<\/a>&lsquo;s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-muscles-out-chicago-prosecutor-hot-on-the-heels-of-powerful-dems\/\" title=\"Biden Muscles Out Chicago Prosecutor Hot on the Heels of Powerful Dems\">top federal prosecutor<\/a> came as part of the monthly updates his office has been providing related to the Capitol breach and signals that Graves has not relented on seeking out alleged culprits more than 3 1\/2 years after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. attorney&rsquo;s office said 1,488 people faced charges, most of whom were accused of entering or remaining on restricted federal property. A large fraction of those charged were accused of assaulting a police officer or resisting law enforcement. A smaller portion faced charges of damaging or stealing federal property, having a deadly weapon with them, or, in rare instances, seditious conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a thousand defendants have been convicted or pleaded guilty to charges and have received sentences, and more than half of them, 562, were sentenced to prison, according to Graves&rsquo;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Since last month, Graves has also been monitoring the defendants affected by the Supreme Court&rsquo;s decision in June to narrow the scope of an obstruction charge brought against 259 people.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came in response to a challenge from one of the defendants, former police officer Joseph Fischer of Pennsylvania, who argued government prosecutors had wrongly applied the charge in his case.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court did not opine on the merits of Fischer&rsquo;s case, but it did deal a blow to the Department of Justice by ruling that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding requires some element of tampering with physical evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of defendants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3071487\/doj-plots-path-forward-supreme-court-setbacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>could<\/a> benefit from the ruling and have begun bringing challenges to their charges and sentences.<\/p>\n<p>Other defendants, such as those whose cases have been fully adjudicated and their sentences already served, may not see a benefit to diving back into the legal &ldquo;meat grinder,&rdquo; as defense attorney Bill Shipley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3064427\/what-happens-to-jan-6-cases-after-scotus-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>described<\/a> it.<\/p>\n<p>One such defendant is Jacob Chansley, better known as the horned helmet-wearing &ldquo;QAnon Shaman.&rdquo; Chansley pleaded guilty to one charge of obstructing an official proceeding and has completed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-happens-to-jan-6-cases-upended-by-supreme-court-ruling-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"What happens to Jan. 6 cases upended by Supreme Court ruling - Washington Examiner\">41-month prison sentence<\/a>. Chansley did see a small victory Monday when a judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3110785\/qanon-shaman-retrieve-spear-helmet-jan-6-riot-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>granted<\/a> the return of his infamous helmet and spear despite objections from prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graves&rsquo;s office has emphasized in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-qaeda-rapidly-growing-in-afghanistan-after-disastrous-biden-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Al Qaeda surges in Afghanistan post-Biden withdrawal\">recent press statements<\/a> that every person charged with obstructing an official proceeding also faced at least one other felony or misdemeanor charge and that prosecutors will be reviewing whether they need to forgo obstruction charges for defendants on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The government will be reviewing individual cases against the standards articulated in Fischer, as well as the anticipated ongoing proceedings related to Fischer in the D.C. Circuit, to determine whether the government will proceed with the charge,&rdquo; the U.S. attorney&rsquo;s office wrote. <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1690679\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1690679\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since last month, over a dozen individuals have been charged in relation to the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, according to U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves. His office announced on Tuesday that they have filed charges against 16 people as part of their ongoing efforts to address the events of that day, more than three and a half years later. The U.S. attorney&#8217;s office reported that a total of 1,488 individuals have faced charges related to the Capitol breach; most were accused of unlawfully entering or remaining on restricted federal property. A significant number also faced allegations of assaulting law enforcement officers or resisting arrest, while others were charged with damaging or stealing federal property or possessing deadly weapons. Some defendants even faced rare charges like seditious conspiracy. Nearly a thousand individuals have either been convicted or pleaded guilty and received sentences; over half of them\u2014562\u2014were sentenced to prison.<\/p>\n<p>Graves has also been keeping an eye on defendants impacted by a Supreme Court ruling in June that limited the scope of an obstruction charge affecting 259 people. This decision arose from a challenge by former police officer Joseph Fischer from Pennsylvania, who contended that prosecutors had misapplied the obstruction charge in his case. Although the Supreme Court did not comment on Fischer&#8217;s specific situation, it ruled that obstructing an official proceeding must involve some form of tampering with physical evidence\u2014a ruling which could benefit many defendants who are now contesting their charges and sentences.<\/p>\n<p>However, for those whose cases are already resolved and sentences served\u2014like Jacob Chansley (the &#8220;QAnon Shaman&#8221;)\u2014there may be little incentive to re-enter legal proceedings described by defense attorney Bill Shipley as akin to a &#8220;meat grinder.&#8221; Chansley had previously pleaded guilty to obstructing an official proceeding and completed his 41-month prison term but recently achieved a minor victory when he was allowed to reclaim his distinctive helmet and spear despite prosecutor objections.<\/p>\n<p>In recent statements, Graves\u2019s office highlighted that every individual charged with obstructing an official proceeding also faces at least one additional felony or misdemeanor charge. They will evaluate whether it is necessary to drop obstruction charges for each defendant based on individual circumstances following the standards set forth in Fischer\u2019s case and any ongoing related proceedings in D.C.&#8217;s Circuit Court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2320157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24004796529417-scaled-1024x682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[37371,4035,7076,36978,32076],"class_list":["post-2320156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-capitol-riot","tag-charges","tag-doj","tag-january-6","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24004796529417-scaled-1024x682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}