The conservative Establishment has accommodated itself to this reality by developing a legal doctrine that obstruction of justice is not a crime, at least not if Trump is the constructor. jonathanchait writes
Ever since he was sitting at his father’s knee andrepeated demands by the Justice Department to allow Black people to rent apartment buildings, Donald Trump has always believed the law does not apply to him. He acted accordingly both as president and as self-styled president-in-exile, treating any inconvenient law as a mere suggestion. Obstructing justice is a way of life for Trump.
This novel concept comes through in two documents that appeared last week, both explaining away different episodes of Trump obstructing justice. The first is awritten at the behest of former attorney general William Barr, arguing against charging Trump with obstructing the Mueller investigation.
It is possible, of course, that despite Manafort’s close ties to Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian intelligence agent, and Roger Stone’s communication with WikiLeaks, which published the stolen Democratic emails, neither man possessed any evidence implicating Trump. The DOJ memo, and Trump’s defenders, have treated this possibility as a certainty.
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