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On Friday morning, June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 6-3, that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) overreached when it brought federal charges against hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021. However, the justices also said, in their decision, that the rioters can be charged if federal prosecutors can show that they were not just attacking the Capitol, but instead, trying to physically prevent the counting of electoral votes. CNN noted that the ruling “means that special counsel Jack Smith is likely to continue to pursue the same char…

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