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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

In a move that could upend scores of Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot prosecutions, the Supreme Court on Friday, narrowed the use of a charge of obstructing an official proceeding.

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 ruled on Friday that prosecutors had overstepped in using an obstruction law to charge a member of the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from John Nassif, a Florida man convicted for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Nassif challenged the constitutionality ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol ...