DC Circuit Upholds 18 USC 1512(c)(2), Sort Of - emptywheel
This passage from Judge Justin Walker's concurring opinion in the DC Circuit's ruling upholding the application of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) to three defendants accused of assaulting cops on January 6 may be the most important language, until further litigation sorts out the rest.5 The dissenting opinion says a defendant can act "corruptly" only if the benefit he intends to procure is a "financial, professional, or exculpatory advantage."