The Supreme Court accepted a case Wednesday that could affect hundreds of prosecutions tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as well as one of the federal criminal cases against former President Donald Trump.
Defendant Joseph Fischer has challenged the Justice Department’s charges that he was “corruptly” obstructing, influencing or impeding a proceeding before Congress when he entered the Capitol during the attack.
The DOJ has charged more than 300 people with violating the statute, which carries a 20-year maximum sentence, according to information published by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington.
