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>> so if there was some reason to believe the president tried to coach somebody not to testify or to testify falsely, that could be obstruction of justice? >> yes, under an obstruction statute, yes. >> so if there is evidence that the president tried to conceal evidence, that would be obstruction of justice potentially, right? >> right. >> in your memo, you talked about the comey decision. you talk about obstruction of justice and you already went over that, which i appreciate. you wrote on page one a president persuading a person to commit perjury would be obstruction. is that right? >> yes. ...

If a president suborns perjury or induces a witness to change testimony, then he, like anyone else, commits the crime of obstruction. and he stood by that argument in his confirmation hearings just this past week. >> you wrote on page one that a president persuading a person to commit perjury would be obstruction, is that right? >> that -- yes. >> you also said that a president or any person convincing a witness to change testimony would be obstruction, is that right? >> yes. >> so, if there was some reason to believe that the president tried to coach somebody not to testify or testify falsely...

Telling a subordinate to lie about his dealings with russia. this is an explosive charge that the president of the united states directed michael cohen to lie. it has the poem to bring down this president on charges of obstruction of justice. donald trump's own pick for ag was asked specifically about this scenario in testimony this week. >> so if there was reason to believe that the president tried to coach somebody not to testify or testify falsely, that could be obstruction of justice? >> yes, under an obstruction statute, yes. >> so if there's evidence the president tried to conceal eviden...

Engaging in bribes would be impeachable even if there were not a technical crime. madison would not have encountenanced impeachment, maladministration, simply not doing the job well. but if, of course, we concluded and there was evidence that the reason president trump ordered cohen to lie to congress was to cover up evidence that he was acquiring the office by corrupt means, by basically encouraging putin to interfere in the election, that would strengthen the case even further. simple violation of the obstruction statute, even without that additional corruption, would make the case for impea...

Sarcastically or in frustration to the notion that the fbi opened up a counter intelligence without briefing their elders at the department of justice. people are trying to figure out in that very difficult week, what do we do? >> speaking of obstruction, bill barr had another definition of how he would identify as something of obstruction as it came to the issue of pardons. this was a back and forth between chris coons and if we have it -- we don't have it yet. let me read it to you. if the president gave a pardon to prevent testimony, would that be obstruction? barr said if it was a quid pro...