For future reference the actual US law on tampering with a witness

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18 U.S. Code § 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant

www.law.cornell.edu

I provided the link ^ to the relevant US Code section. I won’t belabor all of it. I note it, here, for ease of future access.

I believe it will be helpful in addressing the new claim that President Trump’s attempted phone call to a prospective J6 committee “witness” can validly or logically be labeled as the crime of tampering or maybe attempted tampering.

It can’t.

 

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I'll add to it...

Witness Tampering - FindLaw

FindLaw's article on witness tampering, which occurs when someone attempts to cause a person to testify falsely, withhold testimony or information, or be absent from any proceeding to which the witness has been summoned. Learn more in FindLaw's Criminal Law section.

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Definition of WITNESS TAMPERING

the act of physically harming or using threats, intimidation, harassment, or corrupt persuasion against a witness with the goal of influencing the witness's testimony or preventing the witness from providing evidence in an official proceeding… See the full definition

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