Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Obstruction of Justice


     Here is a transcript of the Lester Holt interview:




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     Later in the interview, the Defendant admitted that there were pending proceedings, assisted by Director Comey, which involved multiple investigations of Defendant’s campaign:
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    Per the terms of the statute, the Defendant obstructed and impeded the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States. Nothing else is needed to prove Obstruction of Justice.
     There is a split of authority on the issue of whether an FBI investigation is considered a "proceeding" under the statute. However, as noted above in the quote from the Lester Holt interview, Trump was aware that there were House and Senate investigation and that Comey had testified in both. However the House of Representatives wishes to charge this, there was an Obstruction of Justice, and it is proved by confession. 
     The firing of McCabe would be another count, and there is undoubtedly more. Although each tweet and each interview is not a separate count, each personnel action taken to hamper the investigation, each instruction to refuse to comply, and each dangled pardon would be. 

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