Bharara: ‘There’s Absolutely Evidence’ To Start Obstruction Case Against Trump

Preet Bharara, Former U.S Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is seen delivering the annual John Jay Iselin Memorial Lecture in the Great Hall of Cooper Union in New York, NY, USA on April 6, 2017. (Photo... Preet Bharara, Former U.S Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is seen delivering the annual John Jay Iselin Memorial Lecture in the Great Hall of Cooper Union in New York, NY, USA on April 6, 2017. (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***(Sipa via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on Sunday said there is “absolutely evidence to begin a case” against President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice.

“I think there’s absolutely evidence to begin a case,” Bharara said on ABC News’ “This Week.”

In March, Trump asked Bharara, formerly U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to resign from his position just months after personally asking Bharara to stay on.

“I think it’s very important for all sorts of armchair speculators in the law to be clear that no one knows right now whether there’s a provable case of obstruction,” Bharara noted on Sunday, but added: “It’s also true, I think, from based on what I see as a third party and out of government, that there’s no basis to say there’s no obstruction.”

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  1. Tramp build his celebrity by publicly firing reality show people. All of those contestants were under the gag order of an NDA.

    Not so with Bharara, Comey and perhaps many more to come. Tramp and his demon spawn will live to rue the day that he chose to enter politics.

  2. I’ve been flipping through the Sunday shows, and starting to gag on the lies and distractions put forth by the president’s* supporters. It’a all about Comey and “leaking,” no evidence of collusion or wrongdoing…my foot. They can’t even really mount a good defense; I would suggest shutting up and letting Mueller finish his investigation. Up till then, it’s a bit of “he said/he said.” Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich are on Fox; Rove knows a lot about leaking, after all. Nice dog and pony show, I’ll bet the base is eating it up.The rest of us recognize wrongdoing and coverups when we see them. Lotsa luck, Donald.

  3. But according to my pro-Trump in-laws, “many people are saying” that Comey testified there was “no collusion, no obstruction.”

    Trumpers gotta Trump.

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