The Supreme Court today rejected the statutory interpretation underlying a criminal charge against some of the Donald Trump supporters who participated in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The same charge—obstructing an official proceeding—also figures in the federal indictment accusing the former president himself of illegally attempting to reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutors alleged that rioters obstructed an official proceeding by interrupting the congressional ratification of the election results. In Trump’s case, they argued that he interfered…