The court narrowed\u00a0one specific charge<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0obstructing an official proceeding<\/strong>\u00a0– that the DOJ had relied on in more than 300 J6 cases, including Trump’s,\u00a0Axios<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reports. This charge has been used almost exclusively to prosecute white-collar crimes like evidence tampering, however the DOJ tried to apply it to J6 defendants, arguing that the riot was an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding – that being the certification of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n The court on Friday said that\u00a0prosecutors would now need to show that a defendant interfered with documents, records or other material parts of an official proceeding<\/strong>. They also sent the case back to a lower court to reassess Jan. 6 cases in light of the new test.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/supreme%20court1_7.jpg?itok=4OcdBjdE\")
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