The statute is violated by anyone who "corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States....".
One possibility is that Mueller's report contains additional evidence of obstructive conduct connected with a contemplated or pending proceeding.
In such a case, he said, if the owner attaches a notice to the renewal lease advising the tenant of the pending proceeding, and an order of deregulation is issued, the lease can be terminated 60 days after the order is issued.
The nominee is the subject of a pending criminal proceeding or has been convicted in a criminal proceeding within the past 10 years.
More than 250 professors signed a letter criticizing the legislation as "unprecedented interference with a pending legal proceeding for the benefit of a particular employer".
In August, 2003, he wrote to one of the many judges involved, "I normally would not address a letter to the judge in a pending legal proceeding….
He wants the financial firm to pay for the nearly $2.4 million in costs he has racked up defending himself in both an overturned federal case and a pending state proceeding by the Manhattan district attorney.
The police declined to give extensive information about the suspects because of the continuing investigation and a pending grand jury proceeding.
Mr. Barr's letter said that the Mueller report identified no actions that, in his and Mr. Rosenstein's minds, "constitute obstructive conduct, had a nexus to a pending or contemplated proceeding, and were done with corrupt intent". Mr. Barr did not consult Mr. Mueller in writing his letter to leaders of the congressional judiciary committees, a Justice Department official said on Sunday.
Generally speaking, to obtain and sustain an obstruction conviction, the government would need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a person, acting with corrupt intent, engaged in obstructive conduct with a sufficient nexus to a pending or contemplated proceeding.
