Obstructing an official proceeding
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title:
Obstructing an official proceeding
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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. This part of the Act later became known as a charge against defendants associated with the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack for attempting to obstruct that year's Electoral College vote count, a
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Felony under U.S. federal law
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstructing_an_official_proceeding
date created:
2022-01-15T05:41:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T01:18:20Z
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