>>142286 >>135231 [reminder] "The statute was enacted by Congress in 2002 as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It was intended to close a loophole that hindered prosecutions in the Enron and Arthur Andersen financial fraud cases. The previous version of §1512 only involved actions directed at other persons, not documents or evidence. Defense attorney Joseph McBride believes the DOJ’s novel use of the law is based on “corruption and political hatred.”"