Reading thru the obstruction section of the report, I’m seeing a lot about statements made to the press. Frankly - and I’m no lawyer - but I don’t see how any statement made to the press can ever be called obstruction of justice. It is widely known and ASSUMED that politicians & businessmen and political activists and scientists and welfare mothers and just about anyone else lies to the press all the time.
Heck, the PRESS lies all the time and we all know it! They lie to themselves, their readers, politicians...just a bunch of corrupt butt monkeys! So how can any statement made to the press be discussed in a report on obstruction of justice?
Seems to me it shows just how hard Mueller TRIED to get Trump and how far his team were willing to stretch the meaning of obstruction.
Reading thru the obstruction section of the report, I’m seeing a lot about statements made to the press. Frankly - and I’m no lawyer - but I don’t see how any statement made to the press can ever be called obstruction of justice.
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I agree.
In fact, I heard a news report on the radio a few days ago that the Prosecutors in FLA going after Robert Kraft were releasing some videos (or stills of the videos) when he went to that massage parlor. All I could think is, how can they do this when they haven’t even completed a case yet?
It’s not defamation or slander if it’s physical evidence that he actually did something, but I am guessing that Kraft’s lawyers could likewise start releasing evidence and making statements against these details and others, no?
How is it that Trump defending himself in the press is obstruction?