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Second in a three-part series examining various efforts to uncover the truth behind the Beirut port explosion.

May 16 is just a few days away. In just a few days, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh is scheduled to appear before the French judge Aude Buresi in Paris as part of the investigation into corruption and money laundering charges. Many questions about the great Lebanese theft could be answered that day. Whatever we should expect, the implications are already being felt in Beirut. Mikati has called for the question of the governorship to be settled by the government, and Nabih Berri was quoted as ...

Go right ahead. >> id also caution you about obstruction. obstruction is a crime with meaning. it has elements. it has case authority. the record does not establish obstruction in this case. what my esteemed colleague said was certainly true. if you accept all of their presumptions, it would be obstruction. but impeachments have to be based on proof, not presumpti s presumptions. thats the problem when you move forward on this abbreviated schedule which has not been explained to me why you want ...

About obstruction. obstruction is a crime with meaning. it has elements. it has controlling case authority. the record does not establish obstruction in this case that is what my esteemed colleague said was true. if you accept all of their presumptions, it would be obstruction. but impeachments have to be based on proof, not presumptions. thats the problem when you move towards impeachment on this abbreviated schedule, that has not been explained to me why you want to set the record for the fast...

>> okay. i would also caution you about obstruction. obstruction is a crime also with meaning. it has elements. it has controlling case authority. the record does not establish obstruction in this case. that is, what my esteemed colleagues said was certainly true, if you accept all of their presumptions, it would be obstruction. but impeachments have to be based on proof, not presumptions. thats the problem when you move towards impeachment on this abbreviated schedule that has not been explaine...