Senator Whitehouse: 'Bad Email' Could Show GOP Obstructed Justice

Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse alleged that Republicans in the House of Representatives could have worked to obstruct justice in the ongoing probe by special counsel Robert Mueller into whether or not President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.

“Whether it amounts to criminal conduct, clearly the efforts of the House Republicans were designed to impede and throw sticks into the spokes of the Mueller investigation,” Whitehouse, who represents Rhode Island, said Monday on the Skullduggery podcast by Yahoo News.

The senator alleged that Republican representatives tried to “discredit” the investigation while providing “alternative narratives.” He further suggested that GOP members of Congress “potentially even [tried] to communicate to potential witnesses or jurors their alternative narratives and thereby influence the proceedings.”

“The only thing that stops that being a crime is the contact with Trump’s lawyers and the corrupt intent. The other elements are all there,” Whitehouse argued. “You can show in abundance that they tried to interfere with the Mueller investigation.”
“Whether they did that with the requisite corrupt intent … we’re one bad email away [from finding out]” he said, insisting that “it definitely needs to be investigated.”

Five former Trump advisers, 26 Russian nationals, three Russian companies, one California man and one London-based lawyer have been indicted or pleaded guilty as a result of Mueller’s probe, according to Vox. Earlier this month, it was revealed through court filings that Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied to investigators about sharing confidential polling data with an associate linked to Russian intelligence.

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