WaPo: Special Counsel Investigating Whether Trump Tried To Obstruct Justice

President Donald Trump announces the approval of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline, clearing the way for the $8 billion project, Friday, March 24, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
FILE - In a Friday, March 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump announces the approval of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Trump on Sunda... FILE - In a Friday, March 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump announces the approval of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Trump on Sunday, March 26, attacked conservative lawmakers for the failure of the Republican bill to replace Barack Obama's health care law as his aides pledged to court moderate Democrats on upcoming initiatives from health care to tax cuts. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) MORE LESS
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Robert Mueller, the special counsel overseeing the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, is looking into whether President Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice, the Washington Post reported late Wednesday.

The Washington Post reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, that the investigation into whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice began shortly after he abruptly fired James Comey as director of the FBI in May. According to the report, Mueller’s office later took up the probe.

Investigators are also searching “for any evidence of possible financial crimes among Trump associates,” according to unnamed officials cited in the report.

During his blockbuster testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee last week, Comey said Trump was not under investigation at the time of his firing, an assertion the White House quickly seized on as a vindication of the President.

That changed shortly after Trump abruptly terminated Comey, the Washington Post reported, citing unnamed officials.

Mueller’s investigators have scheduled interviews with intelligence officials including Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, NSA Director Mike Rogers and former deputy NSA director Richard Ledgett, the Washington Post reported, citing five unnamed sources briefed on the requests.

A spokesman for Mueller declined to comment to the Washington Post.

Mark Corallo, a spokesperson for Trump’s personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz, did not deny the report. He instead told the Washington Post: “The FBI leak of information regarding the President is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal.”

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  1. No wonder MANGOTUS was so subdued today. Not from any sense of empathy, but from knowing that the shit is going down.

  2. Mark Corallo, a spokesperson for Trump’s personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz, responded: “The FBI leak of information regarding the President is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal.”

    Heh. Forgot something!

  3. “The FBI leak of information regarding the President is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal.”

    Yeah, but he never said the information was wrong, just the leak.

  4. So Kasowitz can get Mueller fired, like he did Bharara(so he says). No worries.

  5. ”The investigation into whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice began shortly after he abruptly fired James Comey as director of the FBI.”

    You think that’s obstructing justice – just wait’ll Trump fires Mueller…

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