Trump Lawyers Try to Take Obstruction Charges Off the Table
- Dowd says president can’t be guilty of obstructing justice
- Earlier, White House team said they hadn’t examined the issue
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Just six weeks ago, Donald Trump’s lawyers insisted they hadn’t spent much time researching whether laws on obstruction of justice apply to the president.
After the guilty plea by Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, the explanation shifted.