Supreme Court to Hear Landmark J6 Appeal That Could Impact Trump Case

The case addresses a portion of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 pertaining to the obstruction of official proceedings.

Former Pennsylvania police officer Joseph W. Fischer (R) was charged with assaulitng a federal officer, inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. Department of Justice/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument over the Justice Department’s (DOJ) use of an Enron-era obstruction law to charge individuals at the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.

Their decision in the case—Fischer v. United States—is thought to bear on the DOJ’s prosecution of former President Donald Trump in the federal election case, as well as hundreds of other Jan. 6 prosecutions.