U.S. District Judge freed lawyer Calhoun pending appeal due to Supreme Court ruling. Appeal likely to lower sentence for felony obstruction charge.
Prosecutors cited Calhoun's Facebook post on Capitol riot, while he claimed peaceful protest. Obstruction law details corruption of records or documents to impact official proceedings.
Supreme Court interpreted obstruction statute's second prong to require showing of impairing integrity of documents. Decision impacted Calhoun's case leading to his release.
Friedrich's ruling for Calhoun influenced by Fischer v. United States decision on obstruction statute's interpretation by the Supreme Court.
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