(Mike Segar/Reuters)Any discussion of President Trump’s lawyers’ written claims and his current TV lawyer’s sweeping declarations must be premised on recognizing: 1. For one thing, Rudolph W. Giuliani asserted that Trump cannot obstruct justice — but he also waffled on that stunning declaration. Laurence Tribe likewise tweeted: “Trump’s lawyers’ sweepingly Nixonian claim of unbounded presidential power is inconsistent with the core American principle that no-one is above the law. Trump’s lawyers, in making such a ludicrous claim of power, make both a constitutional and political error. Most tellingly, however, Giuliani let on why Trump’s lawyers desperately want to avoid his testifying: His memory and answers shift.

Source: Washington Post June 03, 2018 21:22 UTC