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- The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a statute used against the January 6 attackers was applied too broadly.
- It was great news for Trump, legal experts told BI.
- The DOJ noted the decision would most impact "a narrow band" of January 6 cases.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the obstruction statute used to prosecute the January 6, 2021, defendants was employed too broadly by the Department of Justice.
The obstruction charge doesn't apply to anyone who breached the Capital, SCOTUS said.