Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - The Supreme Court rules 6-3 in favor of Defendant Joseph Fischer who was charged with obstructing an official proceeding during the insurrection on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Supreme Court Justices ruled the charge of obstructing an official proceeding, which is outlined in the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, must include proof that defendants attempted to destroy or tamper documents. Most of the people arrested after Jan. 6th were not charged with obstruction, however, the 350 that were may have a chance at having their cases overturned.
Buffalo Attorney Paul Cambria provided his analyses, and explained that the Justices felt as the obstructing charge is too broad to be applied for the Jan 6th insurrection. He later shared why their decision makes him curious about the future.
"It's interesting to see what the split is where we have conservative judges joined by a liberal Jackson, and liberals joined by a conservative Barrett," stated Cambria in an interview with WBEN. "It makes you wonder exactly where the Supreme Court will land going forward whether there'll be some surprises as to some of these justices."
With the presidential election right around the corner, Cambria believes this ruling might not work in Donald Trump's favor.
"Question there will be whether his so called 'documents' that he had at his Mar-a-Lago estate was a violation of this law. Many people will say, "well no.' This is the very thing that the court is talking about ,which is impairment of documents, objects, records, etc.," stated Cambria. "The position will be that such records, documents, and so on of that character were found at his house, and so it actually covers his conduct. I don't think that this helps him at all."