A divided federal appeals court upheld a trespassing against a defendant in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, a charge in nearly 300 sentencings

A U.S. 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 U.S. Capitol, rejecting an attempt to further restrict the charges available to prosecutors.

A divided federal appeals court panel has upheld a trespassing charge that prosecutors have leveled against more than 1,400 people who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The ruling on Tuesday from the D.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin, who challenged his 2022 conviction for trespassing inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. Why it matters: The long-awaited decision reaffirms the approach taken by the Department of Justice in prosecuting hundreds of Jan.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a Jan. 6 rioter’s misdemeanor trespassing conviction in connection with the 2021 Capitol attack. Couy Griffin, a founder of “Cowboys for Trump” and former New Mexico county commissioner,