“He could be tweeting himself into an obstruction of justice conviction,” said Richard Painter, a former ethics counsel to the George W Bush administration. “That’s a confession of deliberate, corrupt obstruction of justice,” said Laurence Tribe, a professor in constitutional law at Harvard University. Documents released by Mueller on Friday said Flynn was being directed around that time by a “very senior” member of Trump’s transition team. Play Video 0:52 ‘No collusion’ between presidential campaign and Russia, says Trump – videoThe New York Times on Saturday published details of emails from transition team members. “I faced great pressure because of Russia,” Trump said.

Source: The Guardian December 03, 2017 13:56 UTC