Then the government issued strict new standards, doing away with a form of improper influence.

No one tried to exert improper influence, they have said.

Any improper outside influence on the jurors could be grounds for a mistrial.

He said investigators would look only for possible improper outside influence on the court.

The Pataki administration has denied there was any improper influence.

For too long we have heard swirling around this Judge allegations of improper influence.

In any case, we didn't want to look as if we were bringing improper influence to bear.

Three citizens complained to the court that this looked like improper political influence on the judiciary.

The committee said there was "an absence of evidence" that the payments for the trips involved improper influence.

Such actions constitute an obstruction of justice and improper influence on a witness.