In a letter to Mueller, Trump's lawyers argued he could not obstruct justice: report
Grasping at straws?
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390408-in-letter-to-mueller-trumps-lawyers-argued-he-could-not-obstruct
In a letter to Mueller, Trump's lawyers argued he could not obstruct justice: report
By Max Greenwood - 06/02/18 02:48 PM EDT
President Trump's lawyers sent a confidential letter to special counsel Robert Mueller in January, arguing that the president could not have possibly obstructed justice because he has constitutional authority over all federal investigations.
The letter, which was obtained by The New York Times, argues that the Constitution gives Trump the broad authority to, "if he wished, terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon."
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The letter, which was authored by Dowd and Jay Sekulow, another one of Trump's attorneys, takes a broad interpretation of the president's constitutional authority. That authority could be tested in a potential legal battle over whether Trump could be subpoenaed.
The Times was the first to report on the letter's existence, although Trump appeared to foreshadow the Times's story on Saturday, minutes before it was published. In a tweet, the president questioned whether the special counsel's office or the Justice Department had leaked his lawyers' letters to the press.
"There was No Collusion with Russia (except by the Democrats)," he tweeted shortly before the Times published its story.
"When will this very expensive Witch Hunt Hoax ever end? So bad for our Country. Is the Special Counsel/Justice Department leaking my lawyers letters to the Fake News Media? Should be looking at Dems corruption instead?"
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