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Corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding is a felony under U.S. federal law. It was enacted as part of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 in reaction to the Enron scandal, and closed a legal loophole on who could be charged with evidence tampering by defining the new crime very broadly.
The Supreme Court agreed with Fischer and ordered lower courts in June to review obstruction cases to determine whether the charges covered records or documents used in official proceedings ...
Obstruction of justice is an umbrella term covering a variety of specific crimes. [1] Black's Law Dictionary defines it as any "interference with the orderly administration of law and justice". [2] Obstruction has been categorized by various sources as a process crime, [3] a public-order crime, [4] [5] or a white-collar crime. [6]
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former police officer who is seeking to throw out an obstruction charge for joining the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in a ruling that could benefit former ...
Multiple federal judges have delayed cases or released defendants charged with obstruction of an official proceeding pending the Supreme Court's ruling. [10] Oral arguments in the case were heard on April 16, 2024. [11] On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court vacated the D.C. Circuit's ruling, and remanded the case for further proceedings. [12]
Thomas Robertson received his seven-year sentence after he was convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building, and disorderly ...
Federal: Obstruction of an official proceeding; conspiracy to prevent an officer from discharging duties; Tampering with documents or proceedings. [182] 4 years in prison [182] January 20, 2021 Tam Dinh Pham Federal: Parading ... in a Capitol Building Guilty 45 days in prison Was fired from his job as a Houston Police Department officer after ...
They asked the justices to halt the trial proceedings pending their bid for the full slate of judges on the D.C. Circuit to reconsider the case, and, if necessary, an appeal to the Supreme Court.