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High court to consider whether obstruction statute is too broad to be used in connection with January 6 attack

The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will consider whether part of a federal obstruction law can be used to prosecute some of the rioters involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

In a divided ruling, the court said there are numerous ways for the government to prove that Jan. 6 defendants acted “corruptly.”

Like making nuclear weapons in your basement, isn't it? a crime so heinous that only the death penalty will do. it's one of the most outrageous and vicious legal theories ever put forward in an american court of law. >> the espionage act has been used to go after traitors and spies, and has nothing to do with a former president legally keeping his own documents. >> andrew weissmann, the espionage act has nothing to do with a former president legally keeping his own documents. true or false? >> well, that would be true, if we were talking about a former president's own documents. that's not wha...

Political investigations reporter for the guardian hugo lowell. gentlemen, the best way to start the saudi is with you, you go. i'm going to go to you first. give us some insight into the deliberations that are taking place inside the committee as we noted in addition to the crime of insurrection. we know they're also looking at obstruction of congress as well as conspiracy. >> that's right. the obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud, to statutes that this committee has been considering for a while. this has been the culmination of a probe, a month long investigation. ...