Supreme Court conservatives questioned whether the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act can be used to prosecute those who attacked the U.S. Capitol
The Supreme Court cast doubt Tuesday on the legality of obstruction charges lodged against some 300 rioters arrested for breaking into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The court's conservatives questioned whether the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which was aimed at corporate accounting fraud, can be used more broadly to prosecute those who obstruct 'any official proceeding,' including Congress' 2021 certification of President Biden's election victory. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
One of those was Joseph Fischer, an off-duty Pennsylvania police officer, who said on social media he expected the attack on the Capitol 'might get violent' but that it was needed 'to send a message that we the people hold the real power.' When Fischer was arrested, he was charged with six counts of assault and disruption as well as seventh charge of obstruction, a charge which could send him to prison for several years. A federal judge rejected the obstruction charge, but the U.
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