SCOTUS Will Review Challenge to Charges Related to January 6

Plus: Best and Worst Days to Travel in December

SCOTUS Will Review Challenge to Charges Related to January 6

The Supreme Court will review a case involving a charge used against those who participated in January 6 activities at the Capitol. The case disputes an obstruction charge tied to disrupting the certification of the 2020 election by Congress. This charge also impacts former President Trump’s March 4 trial, including its date.

More from Fox News:

Over 300 people have been charged by the Justice Department with obstructing an official proceeding in connection with the Jan. 6 riot.

This case stems from three defendants – Garret Miller of Dallas, Joseph Fischer of Boston, and Edward Jacob Lang of New York’s Hudson Valley.

A lower court judge earlier dismissed the obstruction charge against three defendants, ruling that their conduct didn't warrant that charge.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols found that prosecutors stretched the law beyond its scope to inappropriately apply it in these cases. Nichols ruled that a defendant must have taken "some action with respect to a document, record or other object" to obstruct an official proceeding under the law.

Biden's DOJ challenged that ruling, and the appeals court in Washington, D.C., agreed with prosecutors in April that Nichols’ interpretation of the law was too limited.

Over 1,200 Americans have been charged based on January 6 accusations. The Supreme Court is expected to rule by summer.

In Today’s BRIGHT

Democrats Continue to Deflect on Bidenomics
Hunter Bails on House Committee
SCOTUS Takes Up Case on Abortion Pill
Best and Worst Days to Travel in December