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By Deanna Paul
December 3 at 7:29 PM
President Trump took to Twitter Monday morning, haranguing special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and witnesses to his ongoing Russia investigation. His tweets have become a common morning occurrence, particularly in recent weeks. But legal experts are calling Mondays missives a newsworthy development that amounts to evidence of obstructing justice.
Trumps first statement went out after Michael Cohen, his former personal attorney who pleaded guilty last week for lying to Congress about the presidents real estate project in Russia. In his tweet, Trump alleged that Cohen lied to Mueller and called for a severe penalty, demanding that his former fixer serve a full and complete sentence.
After the overt attack on Cohen came a tweet encouraging Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Trump, not to become a witness against him ...
Norman Eisen, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said ... It comes very close to the statutory definition of witness tampering ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/03/trumps-latest-tweets-cross-clear-lines-experts-say-obstruction-justice-witness-tampering/?utm_term=.b51256304b8c
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(8,998 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,400 posts)Without their laundry business, GOPers would have to work.
Farmer-Rick
(10,202 posts)Next up Traitor Trump twitters Putin for funds to put out a hit on all the witnesses to their Russian deal...even Trump Jr.