Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction

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Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction
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The Supreme Court handed down several major rulings Friday, including one case limiting obstruction charges against January 6 rioters.

Chief Justice John Roberts wote for the majority, saying"Nothing in the text or statutory history suggests that subsection is designed to impose up to 20 years’ imprisonment on essentially all defendants who commit obstruction of justice in any way and who might be subject to lesser penalties under more specific obstruction statutes."

Jeffrey Green, the attorney for Joseph Fischer — the defendant at the center of the case — says it's been a long and difficult road for his client.

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