obstruction

Zilke, 49, was arrested last year in May and pleaded guilty months later to conspiracy to aid and abet drug distribution, launder money and obstruction of an official government proceeding for stealing and attempting to cover up the theft of $150,000 in DEA undercover funds.

Despite this, Fiji appeared to have taken the lead with an attacking driving maul that had yielded a penalty try but was ruled out for obstruction.

Second, he wrote the court’s opinion undermining obstruction charges for many Jan. 6 participants, including Trump himself, weakening the legal basis for the former president’s prosecution.

They will not vote to allow the prosecution of Jan. 6 insurrectionists for obstruction, as Justice Amy Coney Barrett did.

In March 2004, Stewart was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction and two counts of lying to federal investigators.