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Former president donald trump and john eastman likely violated two federal criminal statutes. this is the starting point for our analysis today. the first criminal statute we invoked for referral therefore is title 18 section 1512 c, which makes it unlawful for anyone to corruptly obstruct, influence, or impede any official proceeding of the united states government. we believe that the evidence described by my colleagues today, and assembled throughout our hearings, warrant a criminal referral of former president donald j. trump, john eastman, and others for violations of this statute. the wh...

In calling jim jordan and other members of congress really is beginning to piece together the information that they would hope to glean from their testimony or from their documents. but i suspect they know an awful lot about what happened from the other witnesses who have come before the committee. >> i would like to get your view on this, barbara, as a former prosecutor. liz cheney was paraphrasing, a law, which would make it a felony to attempt to corruptly obstruct, influence, or impede any official proceeding. there are important words in there, whether it is done corruptly, and the idea o...

Questions, mr. director. in your experience with the department of justice, have you ever prosecuted a case involving a charge of obstruction of justice? >> yes. sections 1505 and 1512 of title 18 make it a crime if someone obstructs, influences or impedes any official proceeding. what does it mean to corruptly obstruct, influence or impede an official proceeding? >> well, congressman, that would require me to get into a legal discussion and it has been a while since i've looked at the case law on the subject. i do know having somebody who has been a line prosecutor and a senior justice depart...