WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court questioned a novel legal approach federal prosecutors used to charge hundreds of defendants who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, in a case ...

potentially paving the way for them to be cleared of the rap The Supreme Court narrowed the use of a charge of obstructing an official proceeding in regard to the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol.

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday, April 16, 2024, over the charge of obstruction of an official ...

The Supreme Court narrowed the Justice Department's use of a federal obstruction statute leveled against scores of people who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

WATCH: Supreme Court questions use of obstruction law in Jan. 6 cases. The high court returned the case of former Pennsylvania police officer Joseph Fischer to a lower court to determine if ...

The Supreme Court says prosecutors overstepped with a Jan. 6 charge. Adam Liptak In addition ... of the justices’ wives raised serious questions about their impartiality. Virginia Thomas ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to ... protections of free speech and assembly. The charge is one of the most commonly applied against Jan. 6 defendants. President-elect Donald Trump is ...

A Florida man charged with unlawfully “parading” during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol asked the Supreme Court this week to hear his appeal, a move that could affect more than 400 cases ...

The Supreme Court on Friday sided with a former police officer charged with obstruction for joining the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, finding that prosecutors interpreted a law used to ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a former police officer who is seeking to throw out an obstruction charge for joining the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.