The Brookings Institution takes a closer look at President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey and concludes "President Donald Trump "likely obstructed justice" when he fired FBI Director James Comey and could face impeachment."
According to a new in-depth analysis:
"Attempts to stop an investigation represent a common form of obstruction. Demanding the loyalty of an individual involved in an investigation, requesting that individual's help to end the investigation, and then ultimately firing that person to accomplish that goal are the type of acts that have frequently resulted in obstruction convictions..."
The analysis concludes that if special counsel Robert Mueller comes to the same conclusion, legitimate articles of impeachment could be drawn up
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Report: Presidential obstruction of justice: The case of Donald J. Trump