January 6 Rioters’ Obstruction of Congress Charge Revived (1)

The obstruction of Congress charges against three people who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol were revived by the D.C. Circuit Friday.

The district court dismissed the charges against Joseph Fischer, Edward Lang, and Garrett Miller, saying that the statute didn’t apply to the assaults they committed on Capitol police officers, but a split three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed.

The statute at issue says whoever corruptly “alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object” with the intent to impair an official proceeding, or ...