Ted Lieu uses Mueller’s Report to show that Trump committed Obstruction of Justice AND Robert Mueller agrees.
TLDR: Watch the video or skip to The Summary below.
Ted Lieu methodologically layouts how Trump’s orders to Corey Lewandowski, Jeff Sessions and Don McGahn fulfilled the 3 legal elements required to indict him with Obstruction of Justice.
Element 1:
Ted Lieu: “I'd like to now turn to the elements of obstruction of justice as applied to the President's attempts to curtail your investigation. The first element of obstruction of justice requires an Obstructive Act. correct?”
Mueller: “Correct”
Lieu: “i'd like to direct you to page 97 of volume 2 of your report. You wrote there on page 97, quote, ‘Sessions was being instructed to tell the Special Counsel to end the existing investigation into the President and his campaign’, unquote. That's in the report, correct?”
Mueller: “Correct”
Lieu: “That would be evidence of an Obstructive Act because it would naturally obstruct the investigation, correct?
Mueller: “Correct”
Element 2:
Lieu: "Okay. let's turn now to the second element of the crime of obstruction of justice which includes a nexus to initial proceeding. The same page of volume 2, you wrote, quote, “By the time the president's initial one-on-one meeting with Lewandowski on June 19th, 2017, the existence of supervised by Special Counsel was public knowledge.” That’s in the report, correct?
Mueller: “Correct”
Lieu: "That would constitute evidence of a nexus to official proceeding because a grand jury investigation is an official proceeding, correct?”
Mueller: “Yes”
Element 3:
Lieu: “Okay. I'd like to now turn to the final element of the obstruction of justice. On that same page, page 97, Do you see where there's the intent section on that page?“
Mueller: “I do”
Lieu: “You wrote, quote, “substantial evidence indicates to have Sessions limit the scope of the Special Counsel's investigation to prevent further investigative scrutiny of the President's campaign and conduct.” unquote. That's in the report, correct?
Mueller: "That's in the report. and I rely what's in the report to indicate what's happened in the paragraphs we've been discussing.”
The Summary
Lieu: “Thank you. so to recap what we've heard. We have heard today that the President ordered Don McGahn to fire you. the President ordered Don McGahn to then cover that up and create a false paper trail. now we heard the President ordered Corey Lewandowski to tell Jeff sessions to limit your investigation so you stop investigating the President. i believe a reasonable person looking at these facts could conclude that all three elements of the crime of obstruction of justice have been met. and i'd like to ask you the reason again that you did not indict Donald Trump is because of OLC opinion stating that you cannot indict a SITTING President, correct?
Mueller: “That is correct”
Trump is NOT Above the Law. Congress do your job or RESIGN #OathOfOffice #TheConstitution
Source: c-span.org
