Authorities Cited: United States Code 18 U.S.C. § 201(a)(3) 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(1)(B) 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(2) 18 U.S.C. § 201(c)(1)(B) 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b) Code of Federal Regulations 28 C.F.R. § 6.1 28 C.F.R. § 500.1(h) Supreme Court 233 U.S. 223 328 U.S. 750 506 U.S. 964 507 U.S. 725 519 U.S. 1118 544 U.S. 696 Circuit Courts 497 F.2d 1115, 1121 705 F.2d 603 763 F.2d 1215, 1218-1219 785 F.2d 673, 679 853 F.2d 89 916 F.2d 601, 604 916 F.2d 628, 634 939 F.2d 1455, 1465 963 F.2d 1467 967 F.2d 539, 542 1 F.3d 1566, 1584 20 F.3d 445, 452 40 F.3d 1212, 1215 71 F.3d 813, 815-816 89 F.3d 1443, 1450 93 F.3d 1390, 1399 115 F.3d 882, 888 127 F.3d 1314, 1327-1329 144 F.3d 1405, 1415 289 F.3d 744, 749 372 F.3d 1243 376 F.3d 1303 388 F.3d 796, 811 449 F.3d 1168, 1182 475 F.3d 1319 485 F.3d 1324, 1347-1348 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Fed. R. Crim. P. 30(d)