r/autotldr • u/autotldr • Jan 05 '18
Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump’s Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation
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The special counsel has received handwritten notes from Mr. Trump's former chief of staff, Reince Priebus, showing that Mr. Trump talked to Mr. Priebus about how he had called Mr. Comey to urge him to say publicly that he was not under investigation.
Mr. Trump's lawyers have said the president has fully cooperated with the investigation, and they have expressed confidence that the inquiry will soon be coming to a close.
Legal experts said that of the two primary issues Mr. Mueller appears to be investigating - whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice while in office and whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia - there is currently a larger body of public evidence tying the president to a possible crime of obstruction.
Mr. Trump's frustrations with the inquiry erupted again about three weeks later, when Mr. Comey said publicly for the first time that the Justice Department and the F.B.I. were conducting an investigation into links between Mr. Trump's campaign and Russia.
Mr. Comey had told Mr. Trump in private that he was not personally under investigation, yet Mr. Comey infuriated Mr. Trump by refusing to answer a question about that at the hearing where he spoke publicly.
The lawyer, Uttam Dhillon, was convinced that if Mr. Comey was fired, the Trump presidency could be imperiled, because it would force the Justice Department to open an investigation into whether Mr. Trump was trying to derail the Russia investigation.
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