highest court that could have major implications, the unprecedented and

historic criminal prosecution of Donald Trump. The justices announcing today

that they will hear an appeal by a January 6th defendant.

His name is Joseph Fisher.

He has been indicted on seven charges related

to the insurrection, including obstruction

of an official proceeding, which is also,

as you know, a charge brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith against Donald Trump.

Now Fisher is seeking to dismiss that count, the central question before the Supreme Court,

according to the New York Times, quote, Can the government charge defendants in those cases

under a federal law that makes it a crime to corrupt

corruptly obstruct an official congressional proceeding?

And here's how the Times lays out the stakes of this move by the Supreme Court today.

Quote, the decision to hear the case will complicate and perhaps delay the start of Mr.

Trump's trial, now scheduled to take place in Washington in March.

The Supreme Court's ultimate ruling, which may not arrive until June, will likely address the viability of two of the main counts against Mr. Trump,

and could severely limit efforts by the Special

Council Jack Smith to hold the former president accountable for the violence

that his supporters committed at the Capitol. Whatever the justices decide could also have a major impact on what has become the largest investigation in DOJ history.

Prosecutors have also charged more than 300 defendants with obstruction of an official proceeding.

Some of them have already been convicted.

The Supreme Court's decision today, just one of many factors that could end the case.

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