Hey everyone it is 4 o'clock in New York. I'm Elissy Menendez in for

Nicole Wallace a decision today by the nation's 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 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 here's how the Times lays out the stakes of 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 Counsel 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.

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