Sentence examples for official proceeding from inspiring English sources

That is because destroying documents is not a crime unless it is done with the intent to impede an official proceeding.

The distinction is critical to the case; destroying documents is not illegal unless it is done with the intent of impeding an official proceeding.

In the law Andersen is charged under, an obstruction occurs when someone corruptly persuades another to destroy records with the intent of impeding an official proceeding.

In 1996, Commissioner Howard Safir announced a policy that he would fire any officer for lying to a superior or in an official proceeding.

As such, Mr. Criner and other jurors said, the jury agreed that Ms. Temple had "corruptly persuaded" Mr. Duncan to alter information for the purpose of impeding an official proceeding.

The government charged Andersen under the federal law that makes it a crime if a person "corruptly persuades" another person to alter documents to make them unavailable at an official proceeding.

Justice John Paul Stevens suggested that he was uneasy about lightly letting claims against high officials proceed, mentioning his majority opinion in Clinton v.

The former Libertines frontman, currently serving a six-month sentence for possession of cocaine, faces up to five years in prison if officials proceed with charges.

But William Jenkins of the General Services Administration, the federal buildings superintendent and lead agency in the government's $9 billion nationwide courthouse building project, said that government officials proceeded with design and construction of the Central Islip building based not on current need but on projected demand in 2030.

If US officials proceed with military operations, they will likely be supported by Turkey and France, at least in some fashion.

Enbridge then wrote emails and letters to the State Department describing its plans, which high-level officials proceeded to sign off on, without consulting the U.S. public.