Griffin entered the Capitol grounds during riots and climbed on stage for presidential inauguration
WASHINGTON – A US appeals court on Tuesday upheld the use of a criminal trespassing charge against nearly all of the 1,500 defendants accused of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, rejecting an attempt to further restrict the charges available to prosecutors.
Griffin argued that federal prosecutors must prove that he knew that then-Vice President Mike Pence was at the Capitol on the day of the riot, creating the need for Secret Service protection. Pence presided over the congressional certification of the 2020 election results at the Capitol that day. The court, in upholding Griffin's conviction, found that prosecutors only had to prove the defendant knowingly entered a restricted area.
A ruling against the government could have complicated scores of Jan. 6 prosecutions. As of August, about 95% of all Capitol riot defendants faced that trespassing charge, according to US Justice Department figures.The US Supreme Court in June heightened the legal standard for prosecutors pursuing a different felony obstruction charge against those accused of taking part in the riot, forcing prosecutors to reassess more than 250 cases.
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