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Obstruction Of Justice

  1. politics
    Donald Trump Could Be on Trial Sooner Than You ThinkThe criminal case against him is already in the works.
    By Jeff Wise
  2. obstruction of justice
    Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone, Who Refused to Testify Against HimThe president has made sure that his loyal friend and longtime collaborator will not face justice after he was convicted of obstructing justice.
    By Chas Danner
  3. trump impeachment
    House Democrats Go Narrow With Just Two Articles of ImpeachmentDemocrats who wanted a broader and longer impeachment effort will be unhappy, but the die is cast for impeaching President Trump by year’s end.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. impeachment
    Republicans Aren’t Alone in Opposing a Speedy Trump ImpeachmentSome progressives who want a broader and more thorough impeachment process are upset at Pelosi’s sprint to get impeachment done this year.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. trump impeachment
    Pelosi Announces Trump Impeachment SprintLooks like the House will adopt articles of impeachment in three areas involving investigations of foreign election interference — and do it quickly.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. trump impeachment
    In Jonathan Turley, Republicans Find Ideal ‘Impartial’ Witness for TrumpThe law professor seems like the perfect non-partisan opponent of Trump’s impeachment — until you look at his underlying views.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. trump impeachment
    It’s Decision Time on Trump’s Impeachment: Narrow or Broad?Getting impeachment done quickly could make a narrow range of articles necessary, though obstruction of Congress and of justice is on the table.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. impeachment
    Trump’s Impeachment Defense Borrows an Old Karl Rove StrategyAnything Democrats have thrown at Trump, his team has thrown right back with nearly identical counteraccusations. It can be maddeningly effective.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. impeachment
    House Dems Want to Give America an Impeachment Christmas PresentBy eschewing litigation and hard-to-secure witnesses, Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler, and the rest are on a fast track to a pre-Christmas Trump impeachment.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. impeachment season
    Trump’s New Impeachable Offenses Threaten Pelosi’s Narrow Focus on UkraineHow do you decide how to impeach a president who won’t stop committing high crimes and misdemeanors? That’s a tough question for House Democrats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. impeachment
    House Democrats Can Impeach Trump Any Time They WantAn emerging argument is that any formal “initiation” of an impeachment “proceeding” or “inquiry” is unnecessary.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. vision 2020
    Is ‘Doing the Right Thing’ Worth Increasing the Risk of a Second Trump Term?With respect to a doomed impeachment drive, or selecting an iffy 2020 candidate, Democrats need a sober look at the consequences of risky behavior.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. mueller time
    Mueller Defuses His ‘Bombshell’ Exchange With Ted Lieu on Obstruction of JusticeSpeaking with Ted Lieu, Mueller appeared to say that he would have indicted Trump if he could have, a quote he clarified in the Intelligence hearing.
    By Matt Stieb
  14. mueller time
    If Impeachment Depended on Mueller, It’s Not HappeningSome Democrats already thought there was sufficient evidence to impeach Trump, but Mueller’s testimony did nothing to add momentum to the cause.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. impeachment
    If Democrats Are Going to Impeach Trump, They Should Impeach Him for His BigotryAl Green offered Democrats a chance to make it clear Trump’s racism isn’t acceptable. They turned it down.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. vision 2020
    More Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Calling for Trump’s ImpeachmentMueller’s statement on his investigation pushed a few more candidates into the pro-impeachment camp, while others are still hedging their bets.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. rule of law
    Trump’s Biggest Wall Is Now the One Blocking Congressional OversightThe president and his allies have already obstructed more than 20 congressional investigations, with no end in sight.
    By Chas Danner
  18. obstruction of justice
    White House Tried and Failed to Get McGahn to Say Trump Didn’t Obstruct JusticeTrump is now claiming he would have rather fired McGahn than Mueller.
    By Chas Danner
  19. impeachment
    Does Congress Need Impeachment Hearings to Investigate Trump?An argument for impeachment that’s gaining strength: It’s the only way to force the release of information central to congressional investigations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. mueller time
    White House Blocks Release of McGahn Documents Sought by CongressAs prelude to a claim of executive privilege and then litigation, the White House has extended its stonewalling of Congress to McGahn’s testimony.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. mueller time
    Why Mueller Complained to Barr About the Spin on His ReportThere’s more evidence that Barr wanted to whitewash Mueller’s findings, and he’ll have to testify about it in Congress this week.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. mueller time
    On Obstruction of Justice, Mueller Punted to Congress and the 2020 ElectorateMueller strongly suggested that impeachment or electoral defenestration is the only remedy for the misconduct he documents.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. mueller time
    Renato Mariotti on Why Mueller Didn’t Charge Trump With Obstruction of JusticeAnd William Barr’s “deceptive and highly misleading” performance this morning.
    By Benjamin Hart
  24. mueller time
    11 Areas of Obstruction of Justice Mueller InvestigatedMueller’s findings of fact about Trump’s behavior hardly seem “exonerating” at all.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. mueller time
    Five Reasons Why Republicans Won’t Abandon Trump Like They Ditched NixonNixon had weaker intraparty support than Trump, who will benefit from likely polarization over the Mueller report.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. mueller time
    Justice Department: ‘No Harm, No Foul’ on Trump’s Obstruction of JusticeMueller punted to Barr and Rosenstein, who seem to be arguing that if Trump didn’t collude, he would have been crazy to obstruct.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. mueller time
    The Trump Investigations Are Far From OverTrump faces multiple legal and political threats even if the Mueller investigation ends with no immediate consequences for him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. donald trump
    Trump Asked the White House Counsel to Instruct DOJ to Prosecute His EnemiesDonald McGahn warned Trump this sort of thinking could get him impeached. But he didn’t listen.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. White House: Trump isn’t Not Obstructing Justice, He’s ‘Fighting Back.’Tomato, tomahto. The White House also offered a novel defense for Trump’s apparent unfamiliarity with grocery shopping.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  30. Like Everyone Else, Mueller Is Obsessing Over Trump’s TweetsUnlike the rest of us, the special counsel is using Trump’s favorite mode of communication to build an obstruction of justice case.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  31. Trump’s Lawyers: Obstruction of Justice Is Legal If You’re PresidentAccording to a leaked letter, the president’s legal team is gearing up for a constitutional fight over Trump’s presidential powers.
    By Chas Danner
  32. Giuliani Walks Back Confusing Comments on Trump, Comey — Creates More ConfusionTrump’s new lead lawyer tried to undo some of the damage he did to his client in earlier comments, but left a lot of questions unresolved.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. Why the GOP’s Campaign Against ‘Lyin’ Comey’ Makes No SenseComey’s credibility doesn’t actually matter — Trump has already, personally confirmed the former FBI director’s most damning allegation.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. Report: Mueller May Set Aside Obstruction Portion of Trump InvestigationIn part to minimize the possibility that the president will try to fire him.
    By Benjamin Hart
  35. Trump Says He ‘Looks Forward’ to Being Questioned by MuellerHe’ll be under oath, too.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. 19 Times President Trump May Have Obstructed JusticeUnfortunately for Trump, if Mueller builds an obstruction case, it probably won’t hinge on a single erroneous tweet drafted by his lawyer.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. russia probe
    GOP Senators Join Long List of People Trump Pressured to End the Russia ProbeHe called the Senate Intelligence Committee chair, and a number of other GOP lawmakers, and said he wanted them to wrap up their investigation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. Trump Courts Appearance of Impropriety in Interviewing U.S. Attorney CandidatesHe personally interviewed U.S. attorney candidates in jurisdictions where cases against him or his businesses might arise.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. Trump Assures Lawyers That His Attacks on Sessions Are Wholly IrrationalTrump insists that his harassment of Sessions can’t be obstruction because he has nothing to hide, is just doing all this out of pointless spite.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. Trump Rethinks ‘Attack the Lead Investigator’ Approach to Russia ProbeTrump won’t file a complaint against James Comey for leaking (for now), as a gesture of goodwill toward Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. Deputy Attorney General May Recuse Himself From Russia ProbeThat would leave Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand in charge. Here’s what you need to know about her.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. Trump Suggests ‘Bad and Conflicted’ Special Counsel Is Leading a ‘WITCH HUNT’Trump just learned Robert Mueller is investigating him for obstruction of justice. Now, his job (and the rule of law) may be in jeopardy.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. Trump Is Under Investigation for Obstruction of Justice: ReportThe special counsel is interviewing senior intelligence officials to determine whether Trump’s conduct toward Comey constituted a federal crime.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. James Comey: Maker and Unmaker of Presidents?His judgments may have turned the 2016 election — and laid the groundwork for an early end to the Trump administration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. Trump Asked Comey to Drop Flynn Investigation, Jail Journalists: MemoThe FBI director kept written records of interactions with Trump that struck him as inappropriate. The memos are starting to leak.
    By Eric Levitz
  46. The Complicated Politics of Impeachment Are Coming Into Play in Trump’s D.C.If the president’s “Russia problem” persists, Republicans will have to decide whether they really want him heading up their ticket.
    By Ed Kilgore