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The successive successes reinvigorated Donald Trump’s crusade a month after he became the first primary party candidate convicted of a crime.
By Shane Goldmacher
Reporting from Atlanta
When Donald J. Trump returned to the Green Room after Thursday night’s debate, he gave a thumbs up to the advisers who were waiting for him and greeted him with a standing ovation for his performance in front of President Biden.
The former president and his team were still rejoicing at Democrats’ recriminations, wringing their hands and wondering about Biden, when the Supreme Court gave Trump a political gift in less than 24 hours.
The High Court ruled that prosecutors overused obstruction law to charge a rioter who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The resolution may have far-reaching consequences for many accused of crimes that day. The most prominent user charged with obstruction is Trump himself, though his case could continue even after the law is tightened.
“BIG WIN!” Trump posted on his social media site, Truth Social, after the ruling.
This double series of successes reinvigorated M. Trump’s campaign almost exactly a month after he became the first primary party candidate convicted of a crime. Trump is heading to a campaign event in Virginia on Friday, a state that hasn’t selected a Republican president in two decades and that advisers say could be on the battlefield map in 2024.
Biden is campaigning in North Carolina, seeking to put on the line a state Democrats haven’t won since 2008.
On Thursday night, Trump sought to downplay the severity of the Jan. 6 attack and deflect questions about his role in the Capitol violence. He also defended the Jan. 6 defendants, suggesting that some of them had been wrongly accused, a position the conservative-dominated Supreme Court appeared to affirm.
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