John Dowd, one of President Trump’s lawyers in the Russia investigation, is photographed exiting a federal court in New York in 2011. President Trump's denials about former national security adviser Michael Flynn are raising new questions about obstruction of justice, and lawmakers weighed in on Dec. 3. “It’s interesting as a technical legal issue, but the president’s lawyers intend to present a fact-based defense, not a mere legal defense,” Cobb said in an interview with The Post. The two men have sought to assure White House advisers that Trump is not vulnerable to obstruction-of-justice charges. “The facts are disturbing and compelling on the president’s intent to obstruct justice,” Sessions said at the time.

Source: Washington Post December 05, 2017 00:12 UTC