Jan. 6 defendant asks Supreme Court to throw out obstruction charge
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Jan. 6 defendant asks Supreme Court to throw out obstruction charge

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on April 16in the case of a former police officerfrom Pennsylvania who entered the Capitol during the Jan. 6‚ 2021‚ attacks. Joseph Fischer‚ who was charged with (among other things) assaulting a police officer‚ disorderly conduct in the Capitol‚ and obstruction of a congressional proceeding‚ has asked the justices to throw out the charge that he obstructed an official proceeding‚ arguing that the law that he was charged with violating was...