contempt of Congress

act of obstructing the work of the United States Congress or one of its committees
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contempt of Congress

Summary

contempt of Congress is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It draws 507 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #101 of 484).[2]

Key Facts

  • contempt of Congress is in the country of United States[3].
  • contempt of Congress's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[4].
  • contempt of Congress is a type of crime[5].
  • contempt of Congress comprises disobedience[6].
  • contempt of Congress's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[7].
  • contempt of Congress's has effect is recorded as arrest[8].
  • contempt of Congress's has effect is recorded as arrest[9].
  • contempt of Congress's has effect is recorded as criminal referral[10].
  • contempt of Congress's has effect is recorded as lawsuit[11].
  • contempt of Congress's has effect is recorded as fine[12].

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Geography

contempt of Congress is in the country of United States[3].

Designation and Status

contempt of Congress's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[4].

Why It Matters

contempt of Congress draws 507 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #101 of 484).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Applies to jurisdiction United States
    Instance of
    Country
    Has effect arrest, arrest, criminal referral +2
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007557969605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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