A Jan. 6 conviction was upheld on appeal. Why this particular ruling could affect Trump's case.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/24/thomas-robertson-jan-6-appeal-trump-implications/ [login to see] 7/
When a divided federal appeals court upheld the conviction and 87-month sentence of a Capitol rioter, the judges did more than crush the hopes of a single insurrectionist -- they also spelled trouble for embattled former president Donald Trump's fight over the same issue.

Trump's peril in his federal election conspiracy case hangs on the definition of a single word: "Corruptly."

Thomas Robertson, an Army veteran who was a Virginia police sergeant at the time of the riot, appealed his conviction for obstructing Congress by arguing he hadn't acted "corruptly." His lawyers argued that meant "for the unlawful advantage of himself or an associate."