The Mueller Report even noted one reason to investigate the president was to preserve evidence for possible future use even though Trump can’t be charged now.
Another central piece of a criminal case for obstruction against Trump are his repeated efforts to curtail at least the scope of the special counsel investigation.
Trump said he wanted an attorney general who would “protect” him and repeatedly tried to push Sessions to do so.
When that failed, Trump directed then-White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus to fire Sessions and Priebus refused. “
After Cohen’s office was raided by the FBI last April, Trump told Cohen to “stay strong” and lawyers connected to Trump discussed a possible pardon.
But, the criminal case against Donald Trump, private citizen, would be one that any federal prosecutor—regardless of their politics—should proudly pursue.
Right now the only thing standing between Trump and a federal courtroom is the office of the presidency. »