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.
Merrick Brian Garland is an American lawyer and jurist who is the 86th and current United States attorney general. He previously served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. In 2016,President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court,but the Republican-led U.S. Senate effectively blocked Garland's appointment.
Thomas Selby Ellis III is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia,appointed by Ronald Reagan.
The Office of Special Counsel was an office of the United States Department of Justice established by provisions in the Ethics in Government Act that expired in 1999. The provisions were replaced by Department of Justice regulation 28 CFR Part 600,which created the successor office of special counsel. The current regulations were drafted by former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal.
Diane Joyce Humetewa is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Humetewa is the first Native American woman and the first enrolled tribal member to serve as a U.S. federal judge. She previously served as the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona from 2007 to 2009. Humetewa is also a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
Donald Francis McGahn II is an American lawyer who served as White House Counsel for U.S. President Donald Trump,from the day of Trump's inauguration through October 17,2018,when McGahn resigned. Previously,McGahn served on the Federal Election Commission for over five years. In November 2019,McGahn received a court order to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives. In August 2020,the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 7–2 that the House can sue him to comply.
Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25,2022,and confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn into office that same year. She is the first black woman and the first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court.
Amy Sauber Berman Jackson is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg is the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He served as the presiding judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2020 to 2021 and is a former associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Copyright Alert System (CAS) was a voluntary industry effort to educate and penalize internet users who engage in the unauthorized and unlawful distribution of copyrighted works via peer-to-peer file sharing services. The program was operated by the Center for Copyright Information,a consortium consisting of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA),and the internet service providers AT&T,Cablevision,Comcast,Time Warner Cable,and Verizon.
Ronnie Abrams is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Theodore David Chuang is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and former deputy general counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Randolph Daniel Moss is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Dabney Langhorne Friedrich is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district court judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She previously served as a member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Gregory George Katsas is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Martha Maria Pacold is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
This is a timeline of events in the first half of 2019 related to investigations into the many suspicious links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies relating to the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. It follows the timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections,both before and after July 2016,until November 8,2016,the transition,the first and second halves of 2017,the first and second halves of 2018,and followed by the second half of 2019,2020,and 2021.
Brantley David Starr is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
In re Grand Jury Subpoena,No. 18-3071,912 F.3d 623 (2019),was a United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit case involving an appeal by company owned by a foreign government that was ordered by a federal judge to pay a $50,000 fine per day until it complies with a grand jury's subpoena. The subpoena was conducted by the grand jury empaneled by Robert Mueller in the Special Counsel investigation.
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. At age 33,she was the youngest person chosen by President Donald Trump for a lifetime judicial appointment.
