Minister that doing so had taken off the pressure of the russia investigation. Not only that, the president also concealed the truth about his sons meeting with russians in a misleading statement. And he ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller, but was rebuffed. Based on this series of events, New York Times columnist David Linhart writes the president has in fact obstructed justice. The question that faces us now, he writes, can a president use the power of his office to hold himself above the law . As the evidence mounts, weve seen trump and his defenders step up their efforts to discredit the fbi, to hamstring the Justice Department and ultimately end the Mueller Probe itself. Its against that backdrop that the republicanled House Intelligence Committee voted late today to release a secret memo drafted by the president s chief defender chairman devin nunes. According to the Washington Post, the memo calls into question actions taken by Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosens
Lawmakers are gearing up to return to the Capitol this month for a special session. However, the chances of passing any significant gun reform legislation, particularly a red flag law appear slim.
This settlement was the result of a lawsuit, filed by the West Coast-based Firearms Policy Coalition against the state of Tennessee, calling the 21 and up law "unconstitutional."