The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a man involved in the January 6th event at the Capitol can be charged with obstructing an official proceeding, a case with potential implications for the prosecution of Donald Trump.
The man is one of more than 300 people facing that charge for their alleged roles in the attack, which has also been brought against the Republican former president in the federal case charging him with trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat by Democrat President Joe Biden.
The justices said nothing about the Trump prosecution in agreeing to hear the case, but legal experts said Trump's lawyers could argue that the court's move should delay the start of his Washington trial on election subversion charges, currently due to begin in March.