The mounting complications facing the Justice Department's prosecution of Jan. 6 rioters heads to the Supreme Court next week in a challenge that threatens to upend over 300 convictions.
A staple of prosecutors' Jan. 6 charges will be put under the microscope as the justices consider if the Department of Justice misused a two-decade-old obstruction law to penalize pro-Trump rioters.
At the Supreme Court, Fischer argues that the obstruction statute he was charged under is limited to the destruction of records during an investigation.
The Supreme Court is not the only venue where the Justice Department is fighting to uphold punishments for Jan. 6 rioters.
How the Supreme Court rules on the case before the justices threatens not only the prosecutions of the 350 rioters, but also the special counsel's case against Donald Trump, who was charged under the same statute.
The Supreme Court will review the former president's immunity claim against election subversion charges a week after it reviews Fischer's case.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Fischer's case on Tuesday.
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