Is President Trump’s Legal Team Preparing For An Imminent “Obstruction Of Justice” Charge?

Monday, December 4, 2017
By Paul Martin

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Dec 4, 2017

President Trump set off a new wave of mainstream media outrage over the weekend when he publicly admitted that he was aware that Flynn had lied to the FBI and Vice President when he made the decision to fire him. Not surprisingly, the Left has used the admission to once again suggest that Trump obstructed justice by firing Comey for simply pursuing charges against someone who Trump himself already knew to be guilty.

Of course, we know from Comey’s own testimony that he was fired by Trump for repeatedly refusing to announce publicly that the President was not under investigation, a courtesy that he provided Hillary numerous times during the campaign.

Be that as it may, comments from Trump’s legal team this morning to Axios seem to imply that the White House may be preparing a preemptive defense for an obstruction of justice charge…

Why it matters: Trump’s legal team is clearly setting the stage to say the president cannot be charged with any of the core crimes discussed in the Russia probe: collusion and obstruction. Presumably, you wouldn’t preemptively make these arguments unless you felt there was a chance charges are coming.

The “President cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under [the Constitution’s Article II] and has every right to express his view of any case,” Dowd claims.

Dowd: “The tweet did not admit obstruction. That is an ignorant and arrogant assertion.”

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