And crucially he knows he is not supposed to do what hes doing, not supposed to get involved, admitting at much in a Radio Interview yesterday. You know, the saddest thing is that because im the president of the United States, i am not supposed to be involved with the Justice Department. Im not supposed to be involved with the fbi. Im not supposed to be doing the kind of things that i would love to be doing. And i am very frustrated by it. I look at whats happening with the Justice Department. Why arent they going after Hillary Clinton with her emails and with her the dossier. If we havent yet heard widespread calls for impeachment, its because this president s disregard for the rule of law for democratic norms, his authoritarian impulses are largely baked in in the countrys perception, even among political insiders. It was just a couple of days ago, for example, that he called the american criminal Justice System a joke and a laughing stock. On top of that, all indications are that th
only the president can obstruct justice in a particular way that the president can do it, in a way that civilians or other folks can t. but you think these kind of actions and statements could be part of that case were it to be made by the special counsel? i do. i don t know that any one of these standing alone would be sufficient to bring a case of obstruction of justice but it s enough to attempt to influence the outcome of an investigation. if that s what he s doing, i think that could be part of the p totality of circumstances robert mueller looks at, along with firing jim comey. is that enough for obstruction of justice? every time he speaks an tweets, he makes the case stronger. barbara mcquade, thank you. tom steyer is putting some of his billions into an ad campaign calling for the president to be impeached. he now has almost a million and a half signatures. tom, i guess i knew your