White Collar Crime: Federal and Ohio: Obstruction of Justice

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LawFare Blog 4/21/19

Private correspondence with foreign governments - The Logan Act

False statements influencing foreign governments

False statements

False writings by public officers.

False information and hoaxes

Fraud and related activity in connection with obtaining confidential phone records information of a covered entity.

Obstruction of Justice

Perjury

US Supreme Court held that to prove a violation of §1512(c)(2), the Government must establish that the defendant impaired the availability or integrity for use in an official proceeding of records, documents, objects, or other things used in an official proceeding, or attempted to do so.

8/27/24 Alleges conspiracy to defraud and against rights and obstruction.

2023

Slate 3/07/17

3/4/24

Obstruction, conspiracy to obstruct and false statements to investigators are three of the charges.

Intimidation of a public official.

Intimidation of attorney, victim or witness in criminal case.

Perjury.

Tampering with evidence.

Obstructing justice.

Secs. 1720-1740 deal with obstruction of justice.

US Supreme Court remands case to determine whether or not Trump's role in January 6 was his official act as president. If it was, he is immune from prosecution.

8/27/24Trump indicted for conspiracy to violate the right to vote because of January 6.

Dec. 2022

The committee’s seven Democrats and two Republicans in Dec. 2022 all voted to refer Trump for criminal charges on four counts:
Obstructing an official proceeding;
Conspiring to defraud the United States;
Conspiring to make a false statement;
Inciting, assisting or aiding an insurrection.

CNN 7/22/22

CNN 9/6/22 The first person to be removed from office under the 14th amendment, Sec. 3.

CNN 3/19/24

3/19

12/23/20

CNBC 12/15/20

2/20/18

2/16/18

Special Counsel Mueller's indictment of 2/16/18 of the Russian Internet Research Agency for conspiracy to defraud the US Government by meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Indictment serves notice that forfeiture will sought as a part of any sentence.

Mr. Papadopoulos admitted that in a January interview with the F.B.I., he lied about his contacts with a Russian professor, whom he knew to have “substantial connections to Russian government officials,” according to court documents. Mr. Papadopoulos told the authorities that the conversation occurred before he became an adviser to Mr. Trump’s campaign. In fact, he met the professor days after joining the campaign. He pled guilty to violating 18 USC Sec. 1001. 10/30/17

CNN 8/21/18 - including bank fraud and tax fraud.

The transcript.

Politico 9/5/2019

Bijan Rafiekian,was convicted of failing to register as a foreign agent.

CRS Report 10/9/19

8/2020

CNN 12/23/20

CNN 7/13/21 Stephen Calk, the former chairman and CEO of The Federal Savings Bank, was found guilty of conspiring with onetime Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to exchange risky bank loans for a high-ranking position in the presidential administration.

Justice Dept press release 9/20/21

MSNBC 9/19/21 Has a good discussion of the elements of the crime of making a false statement to the FBI.

Michael Sussman found not guilty of lying 6/1/22

NBC News 10/18/22