Mueller faces ‘unique hurdles’ if he wants to press obstruction case against Trump

Robert · Jun 16, 2017

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...JNENiTjB3dWJCSmZKRWRpd3d3OURaZjhJY0dpSlVHIn0=

For all the claims of obstruction of justice in vogue, nobody can explain how the president obstructed justice.

Was it as some hint, that Trump ordered Comey to end an investigation?

Woah, Trump never told Comey to end anything.

What then is the obstruction?

By Andrea Noble, Dan Boylan and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times - Thursday, June 15, 2017
Special counsel Robert Mueller could have a tough time making an obstruction of justice case stick against President Trump, according to legal analysts, who said he will have to overcome a number of “unique hurdles” — not the least of which is a decades-old Justice Department ruling that a sitting president can’t be charged.

Analysts say it will be up to Mr. Mueller to decide whether to accept the long-standing opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel, which ruled in 1973 and again in 2000 that a president has immunity from criminal prosecution.

It’s also not clear that FBI investigations count as “proceedings” that could be obstructed under one of the legal statutes that might be cited in an obstruction case, according to a legal memo prepared last month by the Congressional Research Service.

“Courts have not reached consensus on whether an FBI investigation meets this standard,” the report says of 18 U.S.C. 1505, which applies generally to obstruction of administrative proceedings.

Mr. Mueller’s office declined to comment Thursday on reports that the special prosecutor’s probe had expanded from Russian meddling in the November presidential election to questions of whether Mr. Trump tried to obstruct the Russia investigation.
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Ronstar · Jun 16, 2017

Washington Times= FAKE NEWS

plus the paper was started by a psychopath

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