The firing of Comey did not halt the Russian witc
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Posted On: 11/29/2018 1:30:29 PM
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The firing of Comey did not halt the Russian witch hunt which continues today so how did Trump obstruct it??
'Intent' is sufficient for prosecutorial purposes. It's an open question and it is under investigation.
And the reason Trump gave for firing Comey is not the only expression of intent. Trump's Tweets are replete with examples of intent.
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In Trump's case, the president has the full legal authority to fire Comey, as he has dismissed other federal employees. Like nearly all other employees, Comey's employment is "at-will," meaning that he can be terminated for any reason or no reason at all (unless a contract states otherwise). That said, employees can't be fired for illegal reasons, and a firing with the intent to influence or end a criminal investigation would be illegal.
Demonstrating corrupt intent, however, can prove difficult. While several theories were floated to justify Comey's firing, Trump himself seemed to connect the dots in an interview with NBC's Lester Holt:
"And in fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said 'you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story, it's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won'."
Whether that implication is enough to indicate a corrupt intention on the part of the president will probably be left up to federal prosecutors, if the accusations of obstruction of justice ever become more than that.
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