SoCal Jan. 6 rioters charged with obstruction hopeful under U.S. Supreme Court ruling

Derek Kinnison, convicted of obstruction in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, is serving two years and nine months in a federal prison in Victorville.

But he hopes to get out sooner — much sooner — after the U.S. Supreme Court decision Friday, June 28, limiting how prosecutors can use the federal obstruction law against the rioters. Kinnison, a Lake Elsinore resident, is among 350 people nationwide charged under the law in the 2021 siege.

Overall, more than 1,300 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Jan.