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Tampering with evidence, or evidence tampering, is an act in which a person alters, conceals, falsifies, or destroys evidence with the intent to interfere with an investigation (usually) by a law-enforcement, governmental, or regulatory authority. [1] It is a criminal offense in many jurisdictions. [2]
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]
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 charges were filed by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, whose office has aggressively investigated and prosecuted the GOP attempts to subvert the 2020 election.
Wording and interpretation by state courts of "obstructing" laws also varies; for example, New York "obstructing" law [44] apparently requires physical rather than simply verbal obstruction; [45] [46] likewise, a violation of the Colorado "obstructing" law appears to require use or threat of use of physical force.
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Friday that federal prosecutors erred in how they charged a man for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol could affect 249 other cases ...
2013 ORS > Vol. 4 > Chapter 162 > Obstructing Governmental Administration § 162.245¹ - Refusing to assist a peace officer [55] (1) A person commits the offense of refusing to assist a peace officer if upon command by a person known by the person to be a peace officer the person unreasonably refuses or fails to assist in effecting an ...
The Supreme Court on June 28 ruled that a suspect in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots should not have faced an obstruction charge. ... He is due back in for another status hearing on Sept. 3.