"Appeals Court Upholds Obstruction Prosecution, Strengthening Case Against Trump for Jan. 6 Incident"

A federal appeals court has upheld the Justice Department's ability to prosecute January 6 rioters with an obstruction charge, potentially strengthening the case against former President Donald Trump. The ruling allows prosecutors to use the law criminalizing obstructing an official proceeding in their pursuit of justice against those who disrupted the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The decision came in the case of Thomas Robertson, a former police sergeant convicted for his involvement in the Capitol riot. Trump, who is separately charged under the same obstruction law, is scheduled to go to trial in March and is seeking to have the case dismissed.