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Marisol, a private individual, learns of a pending case where a cloud-stored surveillance video would be used as crucial evidence. She offers a substantial reward to a data technician to erase the video from the cloud and to delete all metadata and access logs so that it appears the video never existed. The technician declines; Marisol attempts to perform the deletion herself, but the video remains accessible and the witness testifies at trial. Advise whether Marisol's acts constitute Obstruction of Justice under P.D. No. 1829. (a) State the elements of the offense as the controlling rule; (b) discuss whether liability attaches even though the witness testified; (c) determine whether Marisol's acts amount to consummation or to mere attempt, and explain the governing principle.