What’s next for the Jan. 6 riot probe after Supreme Court ruling

The high court ruled 6-3 that prosecutors could not apply a federal statute that makes it a crime to corruptly obstruct or impede an official proceeding to interfere in this case with Congress’s joint session to confirm Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory. The court ruled that the law applied only to tampering or destruction of evidence such as records or documents.

Trump also faces the charge as part of the federal criminal case brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith for allegedly seeking to subvert the results of the election, including by submitting fake slates from several key swing states.