Mueller prosecutor: Mar-a-Lago case is much clearer obstruction than anything we saw
Obstruction has been a key element of Donald Trump's indictment, both original and superseding, in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, as special counsel Jack Smith has laid out a picture of the former president allegedly working with multiple staffers to conceal documents from federal investigators, and even to try to erase the security footage showing them doing so.
All of this goes well beyond even former special counsel Robert Mueller's report outlining possible obstruction of justice by the former president, argued Andrew Weissman — a key prosecutor in that case — on MSNBC Friday evening.
"I have to ask you, because I think this is relevant to your experience, The New York Times is up with a new piece, a long piece, comparing what we are learning in terms of obstruction in the Mar-a-Lago case with the obstruction that was detailed in the Mueller report," said anchor Alex Wagner. "I'll read you some excerpts from it. John Bolton, in the piece, calls Trump's approach 'obstruction as a way of life,' and the lead investigator in the Mueller investigation, Andrew Goldstein, says the superseding indictment in Mar-a-Lago, the one we got yesterday, is a clearer example of criminality than what we found in the Mueller case. It makes it easier to show criminal intent. Do you agree with that assessment?"...
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