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Reuters reports:
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward an obstruction charge brought by the Justice Department against a Pennsylvania man in the 2021 Capitol attack – a case with possible implications for the prosecution of Donald Trump for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss.
The justices heard arguments in Joseph Fischer’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling rejecting his attempt to escape a federal charge of corruptly obstructing an official proceeding – the congressional certification of President Joe Biden’s victory over Trump that the rioters sought to prevent on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump, the Republican candidate challenging the Democratic president in the Nov. 5 U.S. election in a 2020 rematch, faces the same charge in a criminal case brought against him last year by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Read the full article. Over 150 rioters have been convicted under the obstruction law that may be overturned.
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