Sentences with phrase «threatened federal witnesses»
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Mr. Sampson had to leave the seat — which covers both predominantly black areas like East New York and Canarsie, as well as predominantly white ones like Mill Basin, Bergen Beach and Sheepshead Bay — after he was found guilty of having lied to federal agents involved in an embezzlement probe and for threatening to «take out» witnesses who might testify against him.
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Elders» caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has threatened that the state may witness another 1983 crisis if the federal government and...
The federal witness - tampering statute (18 U.S. code 1512), for example, applies to» [w] hoever knowingly uses intimidation, threatens, or corruptly persuades another person, or attempts to do so, or engages in misleading conduct toward another person, with intent to... influence, delay, or prevent the testimony of any person in an official proceeding» or «cause or induce any person to --»
But today a jury found him guilty today of accusations leveled last year that he had knowingly made false statements to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and had threatened to «take out» witnesses who had threatened to testify against him.