The SOX amended the federal obstruction of justice statute and criminalized retaliation against whistleblowers who provide 'truthful information' to a 'law enforcement officer' about the 'commission or possible commission of any Federal offense.'多谢二位的回答。但还是困惑commission在这里是委员会呢还是...
Section 1503 of the federal obstruction of justice statute'is one of the most powerful tools available to a prosecutor. 2 In the past, it has been used to punish an extremely wide range of behavior, including witness tampering, bribery of court personnel, perjury, documentde Marco, Joseph V...
The Supreme Court said in December it would take up the case, and its decision to do so reverberated swiftly. Some defendants who were convicted of violating the obstruction statute but not yet sentencedsought to pause their proceedingsuntil the justices rule, likely by the end of June. If t...
The obstruction-related statute is a common charge for defendants in the Justice Department's probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The possibility of an indictment in the Jan. 6 investigation comes on the heels of the federal grand jury indictment in June over the former president's handlin...
“I do not underestimate the ability of the Democrats right now to create what they’re actually looking for: To cause an issue, to subpoena, to argue that there is obstruction of justice,” Tolman said. CLICK HERE FOR THE ALL-NEW FOXBUSINESS.COM ...
became unavoidable for approaching vehicles. The defendants reasoned that if Gregory was responsible for Deol’s death because of her negligence in obstructing the road, then the ATG driver must likewise be partially responsible because their negligence contributed to the dangerous road obstruction. ...
1512(c), the new federal obstruction of justice provision. While 18 U.S.C. 1512(c) was part of an appropriate collective response to exigent social ills, close examination of its terms reveals a potential for abuse. Moreover, due to ambiguous language and loose construction of similar ...