 In its ruling, the court made it harder to charge January 6th rioters with obstruction of an official proceeding. In a statement, Attorney General Garland said, quote, January 6th was an unprecedented attack on the cornerstone of our system of government, the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next. He went on to say that the vast majority of those charged will not be affected by the high court's decision, and there are no cases in which that was the only charge. Garland added, for those that are affected, the department will take appropriate steps to comply with the ruling.