All posts tagged "Obstruction"

Former prosecutors Kristy Greenberg and Catherine Christian outlined for MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Thursday why Donald Trump aide Molly Michael is such a devastating witness against the former president in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.

Specifically, they argued, Michael — who allegedly received a "to-do" list from Trump written on the back of a classified document and was told by the former president to play dumb about the boxes in his country club — lays out a clear fact pattern of obstruction of justice.

"I mean, [former prosecutor] Harry Litman said this, and I think it was interesting," said Hayes. "He said, 'It's not just that Molly Michael confirms obstructionist statements to [Trump attorney Evan] Corcoran and fields her own hush statement from him. It's also that she's an unblemished witness, totally credible, not vulnerable or impeachable on criminal charges. For Trump, she's the witness from hell."...

Former FBI agent Peter Strzok said Friday that the extent of the efforts to which Donald Trump tried to conceal evidence in the classified documents as described in Thursday’s superseding indictment against the former president was “astounding”

Strzok during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Deadline White House with Nicole Wallace” suggested there was some irony in the former president claiming to be the victim of political persecution after the rhetoric he used against Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.

“When my team and I were investigating Hillary Clinton in 2016, literally Donald Trump could not stop talking about the server, and her, and then you know we hear now that he was telling his folks to delete the server,” Strzok said. ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A jury convicted Barry Bonds of obstruction of justice Wednesday, but couldn't reach a verdict on three perjury charges stemming from the home run king's testimony in a steroid probe.

President Barack Obama slammed Republican opponents Saturday for their "obstruction" in Congress and called for a "willingness to score fewer political points" in order to deal with the nation's problems.

There is "a lot of evidence" that Vice President Dick Cheney gave false statements to the FBI during its investigation of the Valerie Plame leak affair, says former White House attorney John Dean.