Jan. 6 defendants see windfall from Supreme Court ruling

Defendants arrested and charged after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot saw glimmers of hope this week thanks to a recent Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of an obstruction statute levied against hundreds of protesters from that day.

On Monday, John Strand, a former model and actor, was ordered to be released from prison following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Fischer v. United States that narrowed the use of a 20-year felony obstruction charge known as Section 1512(c)(2). The Justice Department had applied the charge to hundreds of defendants.