Scott Bloch walked into a federal courtroom in Washington last summer prepared to wrap up the government’s criminal case against him and begin serving a year of probation.

If only it had been that smooth. Ever since July, Bloch’s sentencing has been on hold because of a magistrate judge’s concern that the charge against Bloch — contempt of Congress, a misdemeanor — carries a one-month mandatory minimum jail stint.

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