On Dec ember 10, the United States go vernment won a n important ruling concerning a legal issue affecting not only hundreds of Jan uary 6 Capitol R iot prosecutions , but also—potentially--the former president . Indeed, subsequent to the ruling, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) intimated that “corruptly obstructing an official proceeding” is a line of inquiry the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol is actively pursuing in connection with the actions and inactions o f the former president. The December 10 ruling was widely reported, including in Lawfare Blog : U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich found that a central felony charge in a large subset of the Jan. 6 cases—“ corruptly obstructing an official proceeding ” —had been properly invoked and was not unconstitutionally vague. The provision has been lodged against about 270 of the more than 690 Capitol Riot defendants accused so far in federal court (about 40 percent of all ca...