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Supreme Court agrees to hear case that could weaken the prosecutions of Jan. 6 defendants, Trump

The Supreme Court of the United States in February 2022 in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cast some doubt Wednesday on hundreds of criminal charges and convictions arising from the Jan. 6 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, including one of the charges pending against former President Donald Trump.

Many defendants who broke into

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