First Two Jan. 6 Cases Reach Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has set a conference for Dec. 1 on whether to accept two key Jan. 6 case appeals—one involving a federal agent who carried his firearm at the U.S. Capitol and the other on the Department of Justice’s controversial use of evidence-tampering law to prosecute Jan. 6 defendants for felony obstruction of Congress. If either or both of the petitions are accepted, it will be the first time a Jan. 6-related case is reviewed by the Supreme Court. On Nov. 14, the court listed both cases as “distributed for conference” on Dec. 1.   Defense attorney Marina Medvin, who is involved in both cases, said it should be clear by Dec. 4 if the court will issue orders, accept or reject the petitions for review, or hold the cases over for another conference....