A federal judge on Monday dismissed an obstruction charge against a man accused of breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, ruling that he himself had not directly interfered with Congress’ certification of Electoral College votes. Officials have accused Garret Miller of being an “active participant” in the January breach and on May 12, 2021, a grand jury issued an indictment that charges him with twelve different criminal offenses, several of which are felonies. According to court documents, federal prosecutors had argued that Miller’s alleged involvement in the breach “obstructed, influenced or impeded” Congress’ ability to certify the Electoral College vote of the 2020 presidential election, or attempted to do so. But in a 29-page opinion (pdf) published on Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols said that ambiguities in the wording of the law require him to take a “narrow” reading of it. Under that narrow interpretation, the court ruled that the defendant must have “taken …