Philip Allen Lacovara: I helped prosecute Watergate. Comey’s statement is sufficient evidence for an obstruction of justice case
This kind of presidential intervention in a pending criminal investigation has not been seen, to my knowledge, since the days of Richard Nixon and Watergate. Comey’s statement meticulously detailed a series of interventions by Trump soliciting his assistance in getting the criminal probe dropped. Any experienced prosecutor would see these facts as establishing a prima facie case of obstruction of justice. Any experienced prosecutor would see a prima facie case of obstruction of justice. The Washington PostPhilip Allen Lacovara is a former U.S. deputy solicitor general in the Justice Department.
Source: National Post June 08, 2017 13:07 UTC
