Even if the White House is telling the truth about FBI talks, Priebus violated the rules

[Bill USA]

[font size="3"]The administration’s version of events doesn’t deny improprieties.[/font]

https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-version-of-fbi-priebus-contact-is-not-exculpatory-31e381aca4eb#.nckfuvnm9

On Thursday night, CNN reported that the FBI “rejected a recent White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Donald Trump’s associates and Russians known to US intelligence during the 2016 presidential campaign.”

The report, which cites “multiple US officials briefed on the matter,” says White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus contacted top FBI officials and asked them “to at least talk to reporters on background to dispute the stories.” According to CNN, FBI Director James Comey denied Priebus’ request because “the alleged communications between Trump associates and Russians known to US intelligence are the subject of an ongoing investigation.”

The report is a bombshell. It suggests that the White House interfered with an ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election. As Larry Tribe, a law professor at Harvard University, told ThinkProgress, “t could well be attempted obstruction of justice, and it’s certainly so unethical that it would be a firing offense for a chief of staff in any White House that respects the rule of law.”

Federal law prohibits any communication that “endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice.”
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[underpants]

1. I'm sorry but this is a big leap

THIS White House telling the truth?

[Turbineguy]

2. The Rules?

Trump don't need no stinking rules.