Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. This is a CBSI in the world. I'm John Bachelor. I welcome Professor Richard Epstein, senior fellow of the Hoover Institution

teaches law at NYU and the University of Chicago to comment on the other

case that very much informs the intention of special counsel to bring the former

President Donald Trump to trial somewhat before the election.

This is Jack Smith's prosecution to do with January 6. the

the other case not the immunity case the other case is about the word obstruction

professor a very good evening to you I I welcome you. This is a case that's before the court as well.

We now have a schedule for the immunity case, and we have a schedule for this case. This is Fisher, so it's not involving directly

the former president, but it does involve the indictment that Jack Smith brought against

the former president because two of the counts turn on the interpretation

of 18 USC 1512c. This is a federal statute against whoever corruptly one alters,

destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or

attempts to do so with the intent to impair the

object's integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding. That's

one part. Here's the critical part. Or two, otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes

any official proceeding or attempts to do so. Shall be fined under this title or in prison not more than 20 years or both.

The case before the Supreme Court is Fisher.

Mr Fisher entered the building on January 6th, he says for four minutes, what is important is The

Fisher entered the building on January 6th, he says for four minutes. What is important here is that he's being charged with this federal statute

because he is said to have obstructed official proceedings.

Your analysis turns very much on those two paragraphs and are they linked or not.

The district court has rendered a decision and

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