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Lawfare Archive: Seamus Hughes and Alan Rozenshtein on the January 6 Charges

Jul 4, 2024

Seamus Hughes and Alan Rozenshtein discuss the January 6 charges, including a database tracking cases, pattern of charges, potential presidential involvement, and seditious conspiracy charges. They analyze challenges in prosecuting cases, lack of high-level coordination, and debates on establishing a commission for further inquiry.

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Alan Rozenshtein

Seamus Hughes

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Quick takeaways

Presidential immunity upheld for official acts in Supreme Court ruling post insurrection.

Database reveals majority of charged individuals from 'inspired believers' category, focusing on organizational clusters.

Charges post January 6 vary in severity, with potential but cautious approach towards seditious conspiracy charges.

Deep dives

Court Ruling on Presidential Immunity

In a recent Supreme Court ruling, a decision was made in the case of Trump v. United States regarding presidential immunity for official acts. The court ruled in a six to three decision that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts.

Intro

4min

Analyzing Arrests and Charges in Connection to January 6

21min

Challenges with Increasing Federal Criminal Cases in DC Court

2min

Analysis of January 6 Charges and Lack of High-Level Coordination

5min

Challenges and Debates in Prosecuting Jan 6th Cases

19min

Importance of Asking the Right Questions and Staffing Commissions Adequately

4min

From March 22, 2021: Benjamin Wittes sat down on Lawfare Live with Seamus Hughes, the deputy director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, and Alan Rozenshtein, a Lawfare senior editor and professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, to talk about the group of cases that have been filed in connection with the January 6 riot and insurrection. They talked about the database that Hughes is building and maintaining of cases, defendants and charges filed in connection with January 6; the pattern of charges; what the picture looks like so far; if it is likely to get closer to the president and his inner circle and if it will result in a series of seditious conspiracy charges.

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The Lawfare Podcast

Lawfare Archive: Seamus Hughes and Alan Rozenshtein on the January 6 Charges

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Court Ruling on Presidential Immunity

Charges Related to January 6 Insurrection

Pattern of Charges and Conspiracy Offenses

Seditious Conspiracy Charges

Resource Allocation and Investigative Challenges

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