The U.S. Supreme Court gave a boost on Friday to a Pennsylvania man who challenged an obstruction charge brought against him concerning the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. It's a ruling that has potential implications for the federal criminal case against Donald Trump for trying to undo his 2020 election loss.The U.S Supreme Court on Friday backed a Pennsylvania man who challenged an obstruction charge brought against him concerning the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The U.S.
Fischer had challenged the obstruction charge, which federal prosecutors brought against him and hundreds of others — including Trump — in Jan. 6-related cases. The ruling was a setback for the U.S. Justice Department and President Joe Biden's administration and a potential benefit for Trump.The charge of obstructing an official proceeding, which the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act enacted in response to the financial scandal that brought down Enron Corp.
The charge carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, though Jan. 6 defendants convicted of obstruction have received far lesser sentences.Trump, the Republican candidate challenging Democratic President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 U.S. election, was hit with the obstruction charge as part of a four-count criminal indictment in a case brought last year by special counsel Jack Smith.
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