How will the president s endorsement of roy moore land with voters . I dont really Pay Attention to the president s tweets. I talk to voters. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. And good evening. Im Steve Kornacki in new york in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. Did the president obstruct justice . Can the president obstruct justice . The president s legal team is now arg dpui arguing the presidt obstruct justice ever. At the firestorm this tweet from President Trumps tweet saying i had to fire general Michael Flynn because he lied to the president and the fbi. The president ousted flynn for lying to Vice President pence about his contacts with russia and the president s lawyer said this weekend that the president was told that flynn gave the fbi the same story he gave pence. So if you put those two things together, it could lead you to the conclusion that the president knew that flynn had probably lied to the fbi, and that he knew flynn was in trouble when he directed fbi d
president s lawyer john dod says he wrote that tweet, not the president and insists he mangled, although it hasn t been corrected or taken down. whether you think the president tried to obstruct justice or not, the president s legal team argues it doesn t matter. dowd, the lawyer, arg gurs the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution and has every right to express his view of any case. it s been the view of the house of representatives that a president absolutely can obstruct justice, articles of impeachment against richard nixon said he obstructed justed, against bill clinton, obstructed and impeded administration of justice. end of the day, those aren t legal standards per se, political ones. neither nixon more clinton was convicted by congress on the charges. nixon resigned before it ever came to it. the question remains. did the president obstruct justice and can the president