Hiding Evidence Federal Offense

 Purposeful and excessive delays in obtaining transcripts in family court proceedings which expose perjury or provide evidence impacting those proceedings may be criminal in nature

A litigant recently reported they had to wait seven months to receive transcripts from a hearing. They indicated that such transcripts exposed a child protective services worker as a liar. They also indicated that others did not want the parent who was wrongly implicated to have those transcripts. Others commented that they were waiting up to two years for such transcripts.

I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.

Excessive delays in producing a transcript may be the act of concealing that evidence, which is a federal crime.

> 25 CFR § 11.440 - Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.

> A person commits a misdemeanor if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he or she:

> (a) Alters, destroys, conceals, or removes any record, document or thing with purpose to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or

> (b) Makes, presents or uses any record, document or thing knowing it to be false and with the purpose to mislead a public servant who is or may be engaged in such proceeding or investigation.

> https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/25/11.440

Doing so to impact a court proceeding is another crime:

> Obstruction of justice

> Definition

> 18 U.S.C. § 1503 defines "obstruction of justice" as an act that "corruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, influences, obstructs, or impedes, or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice."

> https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/obstruction_of_justice

If someone commits these acts knowing they are helping someone who committed perjury, this act can make them an:

> Accessory After The Fact

> An accessory-after-the-fact is someone who assists 1) someone who has committed a crime, 2) after the person has committed the crime, 3) with knowledge that the person committed the crime, and 4) with the intent to help the person avoid arrest or punishment. An accessory after the fact may be held liable for, among other things, obstruction of justice.

> https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/accessory_after_the_fact

Doing so to alter the placement of a child may be a conspiracy to kidnap.

Any conspiracy to kidnap may be racketeering:

> (1)“racketeering activity” means (A) any act or threat involving murder, kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act), which is chargeable under State law and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year;

> 18 U.S. Code § 1961.Definitions

> https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1961

Using child protection resources to commit these crimes involves theft from United Stated under Title IV-E:

> If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

> 18 U.S. Code § 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

> https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/371

State child support, parenting time, and child protection are all primarily funded under federal law Title IV-D and Title IV-E. Consider filing complaints.

> HHS Office of Inspector General

> Phone. 1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-8477)

> https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/contact.asp

> HHS Office of Civil Rights

> https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/filing-a-complaint/index.html

Department of Justice Civil Rights

> The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, created in 1957 by the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, works to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans, particularly some of the most vulnerable members of our society. The Division enforces federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, religion, familial status and national origin.

> https://www.justice.gov/crt

Anyone may report federal crimes to the FBI.

> (202)324-3000

> http://tips.fbi.gov/

I wish you the best of luck in your search for justice.

Tweet with me to seek justice:

> Purposeful and excessive delays in obtaining transcripts in family court proceedings which expose perjury or provide evidence impacting those proceedings may be criminal in nature. Look @OIGatHHS @HHSOCR @GOPHELP @POTUS @CivilRights #CivilRights

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