Sentences with phrase «potential obstruction of justice»

The special counsel also told Trump's lawyers that he is preparing a report about the president's actions while in office and potential obstruction of justice, according to two people with knowledge of the conversations.»

Other reported focuses of Mueller's investigation — such as the hacking and leaking of prominent Democrats» emails and potential obstruction of justice by the Trump administration — have not resulted in any indictments yet.

Many of the questions focus on potential obstruction of justice, including the president's firing of FBI chief James Comey and Trump's reaction to Attorney General Jeff Sessions» recusal from the Russia investigation, a decision Trump has angrily criticized.

His cheers of vindication Friday appeared to be more show than substance: The administration still harbors deep worries about the direction of Mueller's nine - month probe, which has shown no signs of abating and has expanded to explore potential obstruction of justice on the part of the president and his top aides.

Here are three of the main episodes Mueller is investigating on a potential obstruction of justice:

In an interview on the Time's podcast The Daily, reporter Michael Schmidt explains that about three - quarters of the 49 questions are intended to glean Trump's motivations behind decisions, statements and tweets about various topics — and indicate that investigators are looking at a potential obstruction of justice case.

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That revelation prompted Bharara's office to warn the Moreland Commission's attorney that such actions could lead to an investigation into potential witness tampering or obstruction of justice.

If any of those potential criminal offenses were federal crimes, such as mail or wire fraud, then interference with the investigation could conceivably be construed as obstruction of justice, or even aiding and abetting the commission of such a crime or serving as an accessory after the fact to the criminal offense, said several legal experts who declined to speak on the record because of the sensitivity of the investigation.

Extra caution should nonetheless be taken if a judicial investigation is likely as speaking to potential witnesses could be regarded as subornation and obstruction of justice — a crime in itself.

Trump's latest tweet attack was Monday morning, shortly after Blumenthal spoke on CNN about Russian meddling in last year's presidential election and «potential collusion by the Trump campaign and then obstruction of justice.»