Jan. 6 Defendant Questions Government’s Legal Theory in New Supreme Court Filing

A former policeman urged the court to reject his prosecution under a statute aimed at Wall Street corruption.

Former Pennsylvania police officer Joseph W. Fischer (R) is accused of scuffling with police inside the Capitol, on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. Department of Justice/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

A former police officer charged after he entered the U.S. Capitol for four minutes on Jan. 6, 2021, attacked the legal theory underpinning the government’s case against him in a new filing with the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case in mid-April.