The US Supreme Court appeared ready to side with a former Twitter employee convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia who says he was charged with obstructing an investigation in the wrong venue.
The justices questioned during oral arguments Monday how charging Ahmad Abouammo in California for falsifying an invoice in Seattle didn’t violate the Sixth Amendment. Several made repeated comparisons to the Revolutionary era.
“The Boston Tea Party takes place entirely in Boston, but it causes effects in England. And so why can’t you say it’s all right to take them to England?” Chief Justice John Roberts asked.
Abouammo is ...
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