Supreme Court Could Upend Hundreds of January 6 Prosecutions — and, Potentially, President Trump’s

A rioter asks the high court to weigh in on whether a statute intended to fight financial crime is an appropriate tool for prosecutors to use against violent protesters.

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Pro-Trump protesters storm the Capitol on January 6, 2021. AP/John Minchillo

The filing at the Supreme Court of a petition arguing that hundreds of defendants who engaged in violence at the Capitol were mischarged has the potential to upend the largest prosecutorial effort in the Department of Justice’s history.

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