The US Supreme Court expressed concern on prosecutors using an obstruction statute to charge hundreds of January 6 Capitol riot defendants, leaning towards a position that may jeopardize prosecutions and the case against Donald Trump.
A decision curtailing obstruction statute use in connection with the Capitol attack could eliminate two charges against Trump, impacting the special counsel's trial strategy drawing a line from Trump's speech to the violence.
A question at the heart of the issue is whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's obstruction statute passed in 2002 should be used broadly for general obstruction or narrowly for evidence tampering, with potential implications on Trump's indictment's conspiracy statutes.
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