Former Trump lawyer Ty Cobb, on the president's attempts to interfere w/Mueller investigation: 'Certainly, I would have been troubled had he had any effect on the investigation. But I don’t think there was any evidence found to that' via SkullduggeryPod
WASHINGTON — In response to damning new details from special counsel Robert Mueller about President Trump’s efforts to obstruct the Russia investigation, ex-White House lawyer Ty Cobb argues his former client’s conduct was justified because the president “was fighting for his political life.”
Cobb’s comments came in the wake of new evidence in Mueller’s report that has fired up Democrats on Capitol Hill and prompted them to press ahead with their own investigations into the conduct. House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jerrold Nadler on Friday subpoenaed a full unredacted copy of the report and plans to call Attorney General William Barr and Mueller himself to testify in coming weeks.
Cobb, a former federal prosecutor and veteran Washington defense lawyer, was asked if he was troubled by the president’s attempts to interfere in an ongoing Justice Department investigation. But both Cobb and Barr overlooked other passages in Mueller’s report, which noted the president’s refusal to be interviewed by prosecutors.
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