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The Supreme Court will hear arguments over a law used to charge hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters and levied against Donald Trump in his federal election obstruction case.

U.S. prosecutors have charged more than 350 Jan. 6 defendants under a federal statute that makes it a crime to obstruct or impede an official proceeding — in this case, Congress’s joint session to confirm Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory.

6 riot defendants, most of whom are charged either with violent felony offenses or with only misdemeanor violations such as trespassing or disorderly conduct at the Capitol. But it could wreak havoc on more than 100 cases in which obstruction — or corruptly impeding — Congress’s lawful confirmation of the 2020 election is the only felony charge the defendant faces. Currently, about half of 120 sentenced cases fall in that category.

 

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