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More importantly the obstruction of justice requires you act to obstruct or interfere usually with judicial or congressional proceeding, neither of which was pending at this time. you also tend to show it was done for a corrupt, or corruptly, to use the statutory term. this doesnt meet the usual definition of that. now, does that mean this cant be obstruction? of course not. it can be evidence of obstruction, but were not there yet. you know, this is something that was wildly inappropriate for t...

Facts. you put it down on the calendar. theres a lot of prosecutors across america that would be very comfortable going in front of any federal judge trying to prove obstruction of justice under that fact pattern. would they not, professor? >> this isnt going to be real popular, but i dont think so. my family has been pressing me on this. its sort of like going across-country with them and saying, are we there yet? are we there yet? everyone wants to reach that point. you say, i can still see ou...

>> no. theres two reasons why thats not the case. first of all, if a president abuses his power, he actually can be subject to impeachment. the nixon articles of impeachment did include an obstruction count. i think theres distinguishing factors. it is analogous to this one. i dont believe we satisfy that standard either. youre going to have adam chiffon who was my opposing counsel in the last impeachment held in the united states senate, courteous trial. we were on either side of that case. i t...

He took a son of criticism for that. the idea that comey wouldnt lean in to testifying publicly now that hes out of office, my guess is well see him up on the hill pretty soon. >> matthew, a lot of people wondering this morning if that constitutes, what happened in the room between director comey and president trump constitutes obstruction of justice. harold laid out the case basically that there has to be some intent there. how do you prove intent in a room where there are two versions of the s...

Has been unprecedented obstructi obstruction, when you talk about jobs, the republicans have said no to absolutely everything. they are the party of no. >> how can you say that, when there are 100 bills sitting in the senate? we said yes to a ton. >> we said yes to a ton. the presidents policies are slowing the economy down. the american people know it. the american people know it and by the way, its great news that there are 288,000 jobs created. its great news that the unemployment rate such a...

Amount of widespread public disgust and frustration, and the polling shows it was largely directed at the culprits, the republican party and house republicans in particular. in the absence of something extraordinary, the normal business of republican obstructi obstruction, what confidence can there be that that will capture the public imagination? >> theres none. the fact is that since weve had this debate on the continuing resolution, nobody is talking about the implementation of the affordable...

What is right. every victim of domestic violence should have the opportunity to be protected. and regardless of their circ um stance. violence is violence. we stood up for that principle and there was an overwhelming amount of support for it. and i want to thank everyone who made that happen. >> did you see this as a story of successful outside pressure overcoming this political obstructi obstruction? >> what we are seeing here is the instincts of the gop trump to the party of the

Presidents tv lawyer rudy giuliani says he is more worried about the obstruction of justice investigation than possible collusion. on sunday, when discussing the possibility of the president agreeing to an interview with robert mueller, rudy giuliani said this. >> if everything can be worked out, then they would probably limit it to collusion and obstructi obstruction. the collusion part, were pretty comfortable with because there has been none. the obstruction part, im not as comfortable with. ...

Obstructi obstruction. it was one of the articles of impeachment of richard nixon. if he tried to obstruction this its a very very serious charge. >> i want to get your reaction to what you just heard. >> reporter: well, with all due respect to the congressman, and he is a very fine member of congress. the fact is the first article dealt with the cover-up. it didnt charge president nixon with a crime. impeachment does not require criminal conduct on the part of the president. i think its really ...

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