Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney fired earlier this year by President Trump, held nothing back in his first TV interview since his ouster -- claiming Sunday there’s “absolutely evidence” to launch an obstruction case against Trump’s team with regard to the Russia probe. Former FBI Director James Comey stopped short of alleging obstruction of justice in his Senate testimony last week, deferring to the special counsel probe led by Robert Mueller. Bharara, however, said on ABC News’ “This Week” that there’s enough evidence to at least start a case. Bharara said it’s “reasonable” to assume Mueller is looking at the obstruction issue among others as part of his investigation. While Comey said Trump did not try to end the Russia probe, the fired FBI boss did say Trump had pressured him to lay off former national security adviser Michael Flynn and said he thinks he was fired because of the Russia investigation.

Source: Fox News June 11, 2017 16:41 UTC