Supreme Court Schedules Hearings in Jan. 6 Case, Abortion, Immigration Appeals

Former police officer Joseph W. Fischer was charged under an evidence-tampering provision in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act aimed at curbing wrongdoing on Wall Street.

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

The Supreme Court will hear the closely watched case of a Jan. 6 defendant on April 16, the court announced on Feb. 16.

The case could lead to the dropping of charges against many defendants who were charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, protest of the impending congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election results at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.