Why I signed the letter saying Trump committed a crime | By eliehonig for CNNOpinion
Elie Honig, a former federal and state prosecutor, is a CNN legal analyst and a Rutgers University scholar. He writes the weekly"Cross Exam" column, answering reader's questions about the law, for CNN Opinion. Watch Honig answer reader questions on"CNN Newsroom" at 5:40 p.m. ET Sundays. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN.
When I was a federal prosecutor, I once indicted and tried a man named Roberto Ortiz for trying to convince his ex-girlfriend to leave town for a few weeks so she could not testify against him at an upcoming trial for illegal firearms possession. Despite Ortiz's efforts, the ex-girlfriend did not leave town, and a trial jury convicted Ortiz on various charges including witness tampering.
Elie HonigOrtiz's obstructive conduct pales in comparison to President Donald Trump's prolonged campaign to torpedo the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Russian interference in the 2016 election. That is one reason why I signed a letter along with more than 400 other former federal prosecutors who said that if Trump were a private citizen they would have indicted him on obstruction of justice charges based on the evidence set forth in Mueller's report.
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