Supreme Court agrees to take case that could upend hundreds of Jan. 6 prosecutions

FILE — Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021 (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File). Inset: The Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court as of June 30, 2022. Front row, left to right: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Back row, left to right: Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (photo via Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States).

A legal issue that could potentially upend dozens of convictions in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has landed before the nation’s highest court.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear the case of Joseph Fischer, who was charged with various crimes in connection with the Capitol riot when thousands of Donald Trump supporters descended on the building and violently breached its doors as Congress began to certify President Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 election.

“The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted,” the Supreme Court said in the order. Court filings indicate that Fischer is represented by federal public defenders.

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