I asked 6 legal experts if Trump obstructed justice. Heres what they told me.

James Comey will deliver bombshell testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday morning, that much is clear. He will present a disturbing and detailed account of his interactions with Donald Trump.

“I need loyalty, I expect loyalty,” Trump allegedly said to Comey, according to the former FBI director’s prepared remarks released on Wednesday.

Trump’s firing of Comey in May was suspicious for several reasons. Most obviously, it occurred against the backdrop of a looming federal investigation into the ties between Russia and Trump’s campaign, and even though Trump said at the time that he fired Comey over his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails, basically no one believes this, particularly because Trump himself undermined this argument days later in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt.

Comey’s testimony is telling — not only did Trump demand “loyalty” and “honest loyalty” from Comey, but he also asked what the FBI director could do to “lift the cloud” of the investigation. But do Trump’s actions amount to obstruction of justice? And what does obstruction of justice mean in this context?

I asked six constitutional and criminal law experts to think through these questions.

https://www.vox.com/2017/6/8/15742880/donald-trump-james-comey-fbi-russia-investigation