Important Takeaways:

• The case stems from a lawsuit filed by Joseph Fischer – one of more than 300 people charged by the Justice Department with “obstruction of an official proceeding” in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.
• His lawyers argued that the federal statute should not apply, and that it had only ever been applied to evidence-tampering cases.
• The ruling reverses a lower court decision and returns the case to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, who will have the opportunity to reassess the case with Friday’s ruling in mind.
• The case stems from a lawsuit filed by Joseph Fischer – one of more than 300 people charged by the Justice Department with “obstruction of an official proceeding” in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. His lawyers argued that the federal statute should not apply, and that it had only ever been applied to evidence-tampering cases.

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