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Richard Blumenthal: 'There's a credible case of obstruction of justice right now' against Trump
Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said on Wednesday that Robert Mueller could now bring a “credible case” against President Trump for obstruction of justice.
Blumenthal’s remarks were made after Trump tweeted that White House counsel Don McGahn would be leaving his administration sometime later fall.
“Nobody knows all of what he knows. But he’s been at the president’s right arm as the president has committed some acts that very plausibly amount to obstruction of justice,” Blumenthal said of McGahn during an interview with MSNBC.
“McGahn has been in a sense a witness” as Trump potentially tried to thwart damaging federal investigations into administration officials by dismissing former FBI Director James Comey in May 2017, the senator added.
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“There’s a credible case of obstruction of justice right now against the President of the United States, and Don McGahn has been at his side, at his right arm, through all that. He knows the motive, he knows what the president said when he wanted to fire Comey initially.” - PoliticusUSA