Dear MoveOn member,
Yesterday, in one of several jaw-dropping opinions, the Trump-packed U.S. Supreme Court sided with the January 6 insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election.1
The court ruled that a law that makes it a crime to obstruct or impede an official proceeding—in this case, Congress counting the Electoral College ballots—was limited to destruction of evidence or documents and so could not be used against the January 6 insurrectionists.2
The decision could impact Trump's own election interference case and will upend more than 350 cases against the most violent January 6 insurrectionists.3
The case was brought by insurrectionist Joseph Fischer, an off-duty Pennsylvania police officer, who recorded a four-minute cellphone video at the Capitol on January 6 in which he is heard yelling, "charge," and is seen in a scrum with police officers. Prior to January 6, Fischer wrote in a text message: "take Democratic Congress to the gallows….can't vote if they can't breathe lol." When the FBI arrested him, he shouted profanities at the agents and at his own police chief.4
In anticipation of the Supreme Court's decision, some judges already allowed some convicted insurrectionists to be released from prison early. Now, many more will be resentenced, retried, or simply released.5
Andra, the next president likely will nominate at least two additional Supreme Court justices. That CANNOT be Donald Trump.
We have to fight back, and the only way to stop this corrupt court is at the ballot box in November.
MoveOn's plan is based on our 20-year track record of running data-driven and innovative campaigns to turn out voters and win elections. This year, we're laser-focused on "surge voters" in battleground states. These are younger, Democratic-leaning voters and voters of color who do not consistently vote. If we turn out these surge voters in November, we will together send Trump to the dustbin of history—for good.
But reaching and engaging these voters is time- and resource-intensive, and we're layering our contacts, so we engage these voters on social media through influencers and through authentic videos from people like the voters themselves, on the phone, at their doorstep, and even through their own networks of family, friends, and colleagues. It's powerful work, but we can do it only with your support.
It is a dangerous time for America, and the only way we'll pull through this is together.
Thanks for all you do.
–Alexis, Kelly, David, Emma, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Justices strike obstruction charge for Jan. 6 rioter, likely impacting others," The Washington Post, June 28, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/194265?t=4&akid=395927%2E53570607%2ESETb8q
2. Ibid.
3. "Supreme Court says prosecutors improperly charged some Jan. 6 defendants," NPR, June 28, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/194266?t=6&akid=395927%2E53570607%2ESETb8q
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
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