What You Need To Know About The Russia Investigations: Alleged Obstruction
What is obstruction of justice and what role does it play in the Russia imbroglio?
by Philip Ewing
Apr 25, 2018
2 minutes
What is obstruction of justice?
It's against the law to frustrate or try to frustrate an investigation, even if no underlying crime was committed. Lying to federal investigators is a crime on its own and so is acting more broadly to prevent or delay or otherwise interfere with the course of their work.
It's also politically important: The last two occasions on which
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