Sentences with phrase «obstruction of justice»

He is serving a five - year prison term for obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents.

There are some that are interpreting this as an admission of obstruction of justice, while others say that isn't so clear.

The indictment also includes obstruction of justice charges against all three individuals.

She was charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements for allegedly lying about the job to federal investigators.

But while a person typically can't be charged with federal obstruction of justice for interfering with a state entity, a determined prosecutor could make an argument that the federal rule applies here.

They leave little doubt that the president is in serious jeopardy, particularly regarding obstruction of justice.

If the underlying facts amount to an offence under French law, such an interview would likely be considered obstruction of justice.

Sounds like obstruction of justice if it was done purposefully.

A systematic cover up by the Catholic church possibly going back 70 years... I forget, did the article say anything about charges being brought for obstruction of justice?

Macedonio's case was handled by Spota's top corruption prosecutor, Christopher McPartland, who is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation for possible obstruction of justice charges in connection to former Suffolk police chief James Burke, Newsday has reported.

The president was widely accused of obstruction of justice in the wake of Comey's firing, and some members of Congress went as far to call for his impeachment.

Ex-state senator John Sampson is awaiting sentencing after being convicted on obstruction of justice charges.

Another was convicted of obstruction of justice by lying to the FBI.

Noor Salman is accused of aiding and abetting her husband Omar Mateen's material support to ISIS, as well as obstruction of justice for allegedly misleading law enforcement agents investigating the massacre on June 12, 2016.

But leading senators on the panel are likely to ask Comey about whether he believes Trump's actions constitute obstruction of justice, the same charge that eventually led President Richard Nixon to resign during the Watergate scandal.

While there may be a lot of smoke for a potential obstruction of justice case for special counsel Robert Mueller, legal experts say it's not so clear cut.

Reports are now emerging that Graham B. Spanier has been charged with eight criminal counts including obstruction of justice, perjury, and endangering a child, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer.

that the hiring of a special prosecutor «and talk about obstruction of justice being an impeachable offense» could push back efforts to enact Trump's tax reform and fiscal stimulus proposals for months.

The probe by a special counsel continues, and Comey said «sure» when asked if that investigation will include a look at whether the President committed obstruction of justice by allegedly asking for Comey's «loyalty» and asking the then - FBI director to drop the investigation into Michael Flynn, the former National Security Adviser.

if a judge is bias then he is committing criminal obstruction of justice in criminal conspiracy with the lawyer the court of appeal should have ruled - until that is done we will never be able to use the courts.

In 2014 the Federation amended the Model Code to address this issue, and the risk evidenced by the experiences of the lawyer for Paul Bernardo, who was charged with obstruction of justice after failing to provide the Crown with videotapes showing his client sexual assaulting a number of victims (R. v. Murray, [2000] O.J. No. 2182, 48 O.R. (3d) 544 (Ont.

The special counsel in the Russia probe is looking into whether Trump's apparent effort to drive Sessions from his job was part of a pattern of attempted obstruction of justice.

The Articles of Impeachment were filed under obstruction of justice, violation of the foreign emoluments clause, violation of the domestic emoluments clause, undermining the federal judiciary and undermining the freedom of the press.

Dozens of New York politicians have faced legal or ethics charges since 2000, including John Sampson, who replaced Smith as the Senate's Democratic leader and who is currently on trial in Brooklyn federal court for alleged obstruction of justice.

Paul Bernardo's lawyer Ken Murray found himself facing obstruction of justice charges because he did not sufficiently question his client's instructions regarding the infamous videotapes depicting Bernardo and Karla Homolka's vicious crimes.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York also filed a complaint against Montroll Wednesday for «perjury and obstruction of justice during the SEC's investigation,» according to the statement.

«Corallo, seeing no good outcome — and privately confiding that he believed the meeting on Air Force One represented a likely obstruction of justice — quit,» Wolff wrote.

And it isn't obstruction of justice.

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Conducted an internal investigation for a Fortune 200 global manufacturer of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, glass and fiberglass in connection with potential obstruction of justice allegations related to an OSHA investigation.

Trump's latest tweet attack was Monday morning, shortly after Blumenthal spoke on CNN about Russian meddling in last year's presidential election and «potential collusion by the Trump campaign and then obstruction of justice.»

A woman complaining of rape was charged with obstruction of justice because her Fitbit - recorded activity did not align with her story about the alleged assault.

I refer to House Republicans recently spreading word about a top - secret memo that purportedly showed that Democrats were in cahoots with the FBI in the investigation of the Trump campaign on allegations of collusion with Russia and subsequent obstruction of justice.

And if Cohen lied as part of any filings tied to his finances or his work with the Trump Organization, or as part of any of his dealings with investigators, he could face state obstruction of justice charges.

If true, this suggests obstruction of justice, an impeachable offense.

One overlooked point: Giuliani also strengthened the case for obstruction of justice when Trump fired [FBI Director James] Comey.

Obstruction of justice designed to conceal any of the above - noted types of criminal conduct, particularly when the obstruction impedes the inquiries of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), other regulatory agencies, and / or law enforcement agencies.

(4)(a), which is referenced in Rosenstein's order, would seemingly allow the special counsel to investigate efforts to obstruct the Russia - related investigation, since obstruction of justice is specifically enumerated as something a special counsel has authority to investigate.

If he fires some more DOJ or FBI officials then add obstruction of justice.

Although of course Agnew and Nixon both resigned in disgrace after separate scandals - tax evasion and obstruction of justice respectively)

Newsday reported in January that Spota's top corruption prosecutor, Christopher McPartland, is under federal investigation for possible obstruction of justice involving the case of James Burke, the former Suffolk police chief and district attorney's chief investigator who pleaded guilty in February to beating up a suspect and then arranging a cover - up.

After the Watergate scandal, did Congress pass any laws to make FBI a little bit more free when it comes to investigating politicians who are currently in power, because closing investigations based on POTUS recommendation will be a blatant obstruction of justice (which is exactly what happened in Watergate scandal)?

Gov. Perry indicted on felony charges for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors, investigating public corruption and Gov. Cuomo who could ultimately be indicted for obstruction of justice down the road, seem to both have a disdain for working within the law.

The brazen assertion by one of Trump's lawyers that a president can not be found guilty of obstruction of justice signaled a controversial defense strategy in the wide - ranging Russia probe, as the president's political advisers are increasingly concerned about the legal advice he is receiving.

He was jailed in 2016 after being convicted of bribery and obstruction of justice while a trade minister.