Obstruction of justice case may be shaping up
Tom McCarthy in New York
The Wall Street Journal revealed this week that Trump lawyers had submitted memos to Mueller arguing that the president did not obstruct justice by firing the former FBI director James Comey ...
“One important implication that you can draw from the fact that they sent the memo is that they believe that Mueller is seriously looking at obstruction,” Mariotti said ...
... documents were still flowing .. Friday afternoon, with a New York Times report that Mueller was in possession of a draft letter explaining Trump’s rationale for firing Comey ...
... “Logical assumption: If WH Counsel wouldn’t let him send it, <Trump> had improper if not illegal motives for firing FBI Director Comey,” wrote Joyce Vance, a former federal prosecutor ...
It was .. revealed that early on in the presidential campaign, Trump signed a .. letter of intent to build .. in Moscow ... Trump claimed during the campaign that he “knows nothing about Russia” and had “no loans” and “no deals” there ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/02/donald-trump-russia-investigation-obstruction-of-justice
