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Fri Apr 12 2024

Former cop yelled 'charge' on Jan. 6. His Supreme Court case could help Trump

Joseph Fischer is seen in photos that were part of an FBI arrest warrant. Joseph Fischer, a former police officer in central Pennsylvania, faces seven charges including disorderly conduct and impeding police officers in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. His trial has been on hold since his arrest in February 2021 while he asks the Supreme Court to rule on whether one of the statutes behind an obstruction charge applies to him. More than one in four of the Jan. 6 defendants – including former President Donald Trump – were charged under the same obstruction statute, so the case could have wide-ranging impact.

'Can't vote if they can't breathe,' Joseph Fischer, a former cop, texted on Jan. 6, 2021. His Supreme Court case could help Donald Trump.

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