Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election details 10 episodes of potential obstruction of justice by President Trump that prosecutors examined. Mueller did so even as he declined to make a traditional judgment about whether Trump committed a crime. I hope you can let this go.” Trump has denied saying such a thing, but Mueller says it happened. Trump also tried to get top intelligence officials and Comey to publicly distance Trump from the investigation. Three days after the media reported that Mueller was looking into potential obstruction, Trump called McGahn and told him to have Rosenstein publicly attack Mueller’s alleged conflicts and call for his removal.

Source: Washington Post April 18, 2019 18:55 UTC