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Federal obstruction law is a catalog of offenses in Title 18 that target behaviors that unduly influence, impede, or otherwise interfere with government processes.
Federal obstruction law reaches a broad range of acts that "impede" or "interfere with" government processes or officers, and prosecutors typically must prove a defendant acted with specific intent to...
Federal prosecutors decide whether public statements by officials unlawfully impede law enforcement by applying the criminal elements found in —most importantly proof of a wrongful act and culpable me...
Federal obstruction of official proceedings is governed by a constellation of criminal statutes—most prominently 18 U.S.C. §1512 (tampering with witnesses/evidence), §1505 (obstruction of proceedings ...