Definitions for Obstruction of Justice
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1. obstruction of justicenoun

   impeding those who seek justice in a court (as by trying to influence or intimidate any juror or witness or officer of the court); can result in a finding of contempt of court

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1. obstruction of justicenoun

   Intimidating or tampering with a witness or juror to influence their actions.

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1. Obstruction of justice

   Obstruction of justice, in United States jurisdictions, is an act that involves unduly influencing, impeding, or otherwise interfering with the justice system, especially the legal and procedural tasks of prosecutors, investigators, or other government officials. Common law jurisdictions other than the United States tend to use the wider offense of perverting the course of justice. Obstruction is a broad crime that may include acts such as perjury, making false statements to officials, witness tampering, jury tampering, destruction of evidence, and many others. Obstruction also applies to overt coercion of court or government officials via the means of threats or actual physical harm, and also applying to deliberate sedition against a court official to undermine the appearance of legitimate authority.

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1. obstruction of justice

   Obstruction of justice refers to any act that attempts to interfere with the proper functioning of the judicial system. This includes hindering or impeding the fair administration of justice in a criminal or civil legal proceeding such as disturbing an investigation, destroying or tampering with evidence, bribing a juror, or intimidating or lying to a witness, judge, or jury, among others. Such activities are considered crimes in themselves, regardless of the outcome of the proceeding they were attempting to influence.

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1. Obstruction of justice

   The crime of obstruction of justice, in United States jurisdictions, refers to the crime of interfering with the work of police, investigators, regulatory agencies, prosecutors, or other officials. Common law jurisdictions other than the United States tend to use the wider offense of perverting the course of justice. Generally, obstruction charges are laid when it is discovered that a person questioned in an investigation, other than a suspect, has lied to the investigating officers. However, in most common law jurisdictions, the right to remain silent allows any person questioned by police merely to refuse to answer questions posed by an investigator without giving any reason for doing so.. If the person tried to protect a suspect or to hide from investigation their own activities, this may leave them liable to prosecution. Obstruction charges can also be laid if a person alters or destroys physical evidence, even if he was under no compulsion at any time to produce such evidence. Often, no actual investigation or substantiated suspicion of a specific incident need exist to support a charge of obstruction of justice.

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   The numerical value of Obstruction of Justice in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of Obstruction of Justice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Obstruction of Justice in a Sentence

1. Barbara McQuade:

   The conduct described in the report constitutes multiple crimes of obstruction of justice, its supported by evidence of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. And Im confident that if anyone other than a sitting president committed this conduct, that person would be charged with crimes.

2. New York:

   I believe we should look into obstruction of justice, i think this is a serious concern to be firing a FBI director in the middle of an investigation that relates to you and your administration.

3. Devin Nunes:

   When Fox News ' comes to Republicans asking questions, I think what we need to do is stick to the facts of the case and not allow Mueller time to either pontificate and embellish all the time or embellish things that he may want to embellish, this investigation was not about collusion. It wasn't about obstruction of justice. It was about setting obstruction of justice traps so for the better part of two years they were hoping the President would fall into it.

4. Adam Schiff:

   Did they go beyond what National Enquirer publisher David Pecker told us about Trump Tower into other areas as well ? who would have been aware of the false testimony that National Enquirer publisher David Pecker was giving ? What other light can National Enquirer publisher David Pecker shed now that National Enquirer publisher David Pecker's cooperating on issues of obstruction of justice or collusion ? What more could National Enquirer publisher David Pecker tell us about the Trump Tower New York meeting or any other issues relevant to Robert Mueller investigation. We think National Enquirer publisher David Pecker has a lot to offer.

5. Alan Dershowitz:

   And its the Democrats who want to know why there wasnt charges. They want to know what the split was between those who wanted to charge and not charge an obstruction of justice. The law does not authorize that to be released. Dershowitz said Barr can use his discretion when it comes to the release of the Mueller report, but no court should order him to release the entire thing. He also warned that innocent people can fall for perjury traps. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP If an innocent person testifies truthfully and somebody else testifies the other way and if prosecutors choose to believe the other person, youve fallen into a perjury trap.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Obstruction of Justice
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obstruction_of_Justice
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstruction_of_Justice
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
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