The Supreme Court’s June ruling that narrowed the federal obstruction charge used against Jan. 6 rioters resulted in the first reduction of a sentence previously handed down to a Virginia police

A federal judge shaved a little over a year off Thomas Robertson's sentence following the Supreme Court's ruling on an obstruction charge used against hundreds of Capitol rioters.

The resentencing is one of the first examples of the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling limiting the use of an obstruction statute in Jan. 6 cases.

The resounding impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to neuter an obstruction charge used in Jan. 6 cases will face fresh scrutiny Wednesday when a rioter’s resentencing tests whether prison terms in such cases must be reduced.

A former Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol received a reduced prison sentence of six years on Wednesday, making him one of the first beneficiaries of a recent U.S. Supreme Court

I just want to go back to my peaceful existence and life on my mountain,” said Thomas Robertson, whose previous challenge to his sentence was shot down by the D.C. Circuit.