Trump is under investigation for obstruction, on his birthday.

The Washington Post reported on Wednesday night that the federal probe into the Trump campaign’s ties with Russia during the 2016 campaign, being overseen by Robert Mueller, has now expanded into whether the president attempted to thwart that investigation.

The allegations of obstruction of justice apparently center on Trump’s efforts to encourage former FBI director James Comey to drop an investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Comey testified under oath to Congress last week that Trump told him in a private meeting, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.” Trump has since said Comey said things that “weren’t true” while under oath and that he was “100% willing” to testify before Congress.

Flynn, who resigned as national security adviser in February after serving in that position for less than a month, had come under scrutiny for undisclosed conversations with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and then misleading vice-president Mike Pence about the nature of his contacts with the high-ranking Russian official.

Comey was fired in May by Trump and the president cited “this Russia thing” as a reason for the FBI director’s sacking in an interview with NBC News. The White House had initially claimed Comey’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server was the reason for his firing before Trump contradicted his staff’s statements on the topic.

In addition to his alleged attempts to influence Comey, Trump reportedly intervened with Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, in an attempt to ask him to persuade Comey to back off the FBI investigation of Flynn, a close Trump ally. In addition, Trump allegedly asked both Coats and Adm Mike Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency, to issue statements denying evidence that his campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 campaign. Both men reportedly declined to do so.

Both the Post and the New York Times are reporting that Mueller is seeking to interview Coats, Rogers and Richard Ledgett, the former deputy director of the National Security Agency, in an attempt to gain more information about potential efforts by Trump to obstruct justice.

The reported expansion of the investigation comes only days after speculation mounted that the president might fire Mueller, stoked by a television appearance by Trump confidante Chris Ruddy where he said “terminating” the special counsel was under consideration. Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who would be responsible for making such a decision, told senators on Tuesday that there was “no secret plan” to sack Mueller. However, White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters late Tuesday, “While the president has the right to [fire Mueller], he has no intention to do so.”

The White House referred a request for comment on Wednesday to Marc Kasowitz, Trump’s personal attorney. Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Kasowitz, told the Guardian: “The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal.” In response to a follow up question about whether anything in the Washington Post story was inaccurate, Corallo simply reiterated his previous statement.

The FBI’s press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

>>149295
>potentially
1. Capable of being but not yet in existence; latent or undeveloped: a potential problem; a substance with many potential uses.
2. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a verbal construction with auxiliaries such as may or can; for example, it may snow.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/potentially

also using a tabloid as a source. Next you will posting the national enquirer as real news
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-guardian-tabloid-idUSKBN1942OS

>>149302
>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/14/donald-trump-obstruction-of-justice-investigation-fbi-mueller

This better? Same story different source, do a google search.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/14/special-counsel-is-investigating-president-trump-for-obstruction-justice-new-report-says.html

>>149303
Fox news is not better they dropped their fair and balanced moto meaning they can not be trusted either.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/business/media/fox-news-fair-and-balanced.html

Use http://spidr.today

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/14/532985377/report-trump-under-investigation-for-possible-obstruction-of-justice

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/special-counsel-is-investigating-trump-for-possible-obstruction-of-justice/2017/06/14/9ce02506-5131-11e7-b064-828ba60fbb98_story.html?utm_term=.df832e153d9d

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKBN195385

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/14/wapo-report-mueller-investigating-donald-trump-for-possible-obstruction-of-justice/

This took 2 minutes.

>>149305
thank you anon

>>149295
Has a the tell tale signs of a political witchhunt

Zero evidence after five months of digging and insecent coverage

Evidence that an insider did it (Seth Rich) is subsequently buried and slammed by every MSM outlet

IT company involved in investigation of DNC servers (Crowdstrike) recinds claim that Russian hacker did it - and the MSM pushes the story anyways

WikiLeaks reveals CIA has accidentally given ability to alter cyber signature to the public

Hillary and podesta involved in heavy dealings with Russia government and oligarchs prior with not a single peep from the MSM

Proof that if you say something over and over again loud enough, eventually people will give in without any personal researching

>>149308
This is about Trump obstructing the investigation I assume you're talking about, the evidence being Comey's testimony.

>>149310
Didn't cummy already tell everyone what happened? Why is the investigation necessary

>>149308
go to bed mr predisent.

>>149313
Not an argument

>>149318
So what

>>149310
>the evidence being Comey's testimony.
You mean the testimony where he stated that he didn't think Trump's actions warranted obstruction, and then 'accidentally' incriminated Loretta Lynch in actual obstruction?

K

>>149319
Lol never change lefty

>>149318
that's right, it's a jest. a quip. a joke. an example of banter.

http://www.nairaland.com/3799922/trumps-destruction-democratic-values
>When Africans understand US law better than Americas

>>149627
The fuck is this trash

>>149631
Nigeria

>>149320
As well as admitting that he leaked information to the press regarding an ongoing investigation. He stabbed himself in the foot quite a few times during hat testimony.