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That could be and probably is evidence of obstruction of justice. i think that memo is a grave disservice to the president. it's a stunning admission. but also the memo miscites statutes. 1505 instead of 1522 of the united states code. in addition, it engages in this kind of magical legal thinking. i think it will be cited as probably amongst lawyering the president of the united states has been provided. >> that statement the president dictated, he said the meeting was not a campaign issue. we know the meeting was the result of a promise from the russians to provide dirt on hillary clinton to...

The following criminal charges to the department of justice. 18 usc 1505, obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees. 18 u.s. code 1515, definitions for certain provisions, general provision, which appears to be referring to making misleading statements. and there's the issue of comey's members. this letter explains that in order for members of congress to view them, they had to go to a secure facility because four of the seven members were more classified and at the secret or confidential levels.re well, we also have the issue of comey at what he did with those nu...

Questions, mr. director. in your experience with the department of justice, have you ever prosecuted a case involving a charge of obstruction of justice? >> yes. sections 1505 and 1512 of title 18 make it a crime if someone obstructs, influences or impedes any official proceeding. what does it mean to corruptly obstruct, influence or impede an official proceeding? >> well, congressman, that would require me to get into a legal discussion and it has been a while since i've looked at the case law on the subject. i do know having somebody who has been a line prosecutor and a senior justice depart...

Tweets are, quote, official statements of the president of the united states close quotes. a few clarifying questions, mr. director. in your experience at the department of justice have you ever prosecuted a case involving a charge of obstruction of justice? >> yes. >> sections 1503, 1505 and 1512 of title 18 make it a crime if someone corruptly obstructs or impedes any official proceeding. what does it mean to corruptly obstruct influence or impede an official proceeding? >> well, congressman, that would require me to get into kind of a legal discussion and it's been a while since i looked at...

Target. russia probe and that the dossier put forward by chris steele was nonsense. but we do get some optics which are not good for him out of the comey statement in terms of the demand for loyalty. and i would say -- i just tweeted out, greta, a long article from lawfair blog on obstruction of justice. 18 usc 1505, 1510, 1512. anyone who says they know whether or not the president did that is lying because nobody has enough facts, anybody even know if there's a pending matter that would qualify under this statute. we were in the first scene of the first act. but i do want to say i don't thin...