Sentences with phrase «obstruction of justice by»

Seeking to purge the contempt, Mr. Best swore an affidavit alleging perjury, fraud, and obstruction of justice by the opposing parties and their counsel.

It went through a hard - fought suppression hearing, where my client risked the enhancement for obstruction of justice by doing the unthinkable, challenging the veracity of a federal agent.

Former United States Attorney Preet Bharara said in an interview with ABC News om June 11, 2017, «there's absolutely evidence to begin a case» regarding obstruction of justice by Trump.

United States President Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 for perjury and obstruction of justice by the House of Representatives.

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.

Democrats have been pushing to formally refute the GOP memo, which they see as an effort by Trump and his allies in Congress to divert attention away from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russians, and possible obstruction of justice by the president.

He also is looking into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians, which President Trump has repeatedly denied, and possible obstruction of justice by the president.

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

Other reported focuses of Mueller's investigation — such as the hacking and leaking of prominent Democrats» emails and potential obstruction of justice by the Trump administration — have not resulted in any indictments yet.

The topic du jour may be Rudy Giuliani's bombshell about Stormy Daniels, but the more important story remains Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the Russia scandal and possible obstruction of justice by the president.

Not exact matches

And, by the way, we were furious about the past presidential election of a man whose presidency would eventually end in disgrace with his impeachment for obstruction of justice.

Comey said that Trump's words, and the circumstances surround the meeting, provided «evidence of obstruction of justice» by the president.

The 67 - year - old lawyer served in the Bush administration from 2001 to 2005, but resigned after he was indicted by a grand jury on five counts for perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements to the FBI.

Back in December, Trump lawyer John Dowd claimed that it was impossible for Trump to be guilty of obstruction of justice, simply because he's the president — an assertion that was roundly derided by legal experts.

The president is also under investigation by Mueller for possible obstruction of justice in the Russia probe — and any further attempt to wrest control of the probe threatens to unleash a political crisis.

We normalized lying when we decided that perjury and obstruction of justice were not high crimes when committed by a popular president.

The culture of consumerism and the chase for material symbols of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit of substantive justice.

Noor Salman, the widow of Pulse Nightclub shooter, Omar Mateen, was arrested yesterday on federal charges of aiding and abetting by providing material support to a terrorist and obstruction of justice.

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?

So while there were no «headset malfunctions» or «surreptitous video surveillence» people forget that the cover0up is worse than the crime, and Amendola should be charged by NFL security with destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice for giving away a ball that should of been properly marked «Exhibit A.»

The president said that a partisan memo released by House Republicans «totally vindicates» him in the investigation into Russian election interference, complaining that the «witch hunt» would go «on and on» even though there had been no collusion or obstruction of justice.

As for the HRC - her attorney was found to be committing a crime of obstruction of justice but was immunized by FBI.

Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota, right, with deputy Christopher McPartland, who sources say is being investigated by a federal grand jury on possible obstruction of justice charges.

A federal grand jury in New York indicted Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota on Wednesday on obstruction of justice charges connected to a 2012 assault by the county's former police chief.

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.

Bharara responded by warning the governor — in a letter that quickly leaked — against witness tampering and obstruction of justice.

A federal grand jury indicted Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota on obstruction of justice charges connected to a 2012 assault by the county's former police chief.

The companies in March pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, making false statements and failing to maintain accurate oil record books, which are inspected by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Now, on the whole, I'm not one to go in for guilt by association: The fact that Michael E Mann's boss at the IPCC is facing sex charges for harassing women is no more relevant than the fact that Michael E Mann's boss at Penn State - Graham Spanier, the guy who hired him - is under indictment for obstruction of justice, failure to report child abuse, and child endangerment.

The sale comes in the midst of ongoing legal proceedings brought against the plantation companies by the Peruvian government for environmental crimes and obstruction of justice, related to unauthorized deforestation of at least 9,174 hectares of rainforest.

In fact, Mann's only «exoneration» came in an inquiry set up by a guy called Graham Spanier, now under criminal indictment and facing 20 years in the slammer for obstruction of justice.

The Blog of the Legal Times (BLT) reports that Scooter Libby was sentenced to 30 months of jail time for his March 2007 conviction by a federal jury on four counts of false statements and obstruction of justice.

However, doing so with a cellphone seized by police risks being prosecuted for obstruction of justice.

Last month's decision by the Ninth Circuit to vacate Barry Bonds» conviction for obstruction of justice garnered headlines.

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.

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.»