Supreme Court grapples with obstruction charge lobbed at 350 Jan. 6 defendants‚ including Trump
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Supreme Court grapples with obstruction charge lobbed at 350 Jan. 6 defendants‚ including Trump

The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday with the government’s case against 350 defendants from the Jan. 6‚ 2021‚ protest at the U.S. Capitol‚ with justices pondering how a law written in the aftermath of the Enron document-shredding scandal could be applied to those who delayed the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The law criminalizes obstructing or impeding an official proceeding. The Biden administration says it goes beyond courtrooms and criminal investigations and covers...