https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/reveal ... tigations/An explosive new report from the New York Times reveals that President Donald Trump asked former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker if he could appoint a loyalist to oversee investigations being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
According to the Times’ report, Trump called Whitaker and asked him if he could put Trump ally Geoffrey S. Berman in charge of the multiple SDNY probes that have been swirling around former “fixer” Michael Cohen and potential corruption at the president’s inaugural committee.
Whitaker said that such an action was impossible, however, because Berman had already recused himself from overseeing those investigations. This angered Trump and caused him to “sour” on Whitaker as an acting attorney general, the Times reports.
The revelation that Whitaker was asked by Trump whether he could install Berman to oversee the SDNY probes seems to conflict with testimony he gave to Congress earlier this month when he denied Trump had ever pressured him to influence any of the multiple investigations being conducted into him and his associates. According to the Times, House Democrats are now investigating potentially pursuing perjury charges against Whitaker.
Trump’s efforts to get an ally put in charge of investigations being conducted into his presidency and his businesses could constitute obstruction of justice if it can be established that the president acted with corrupt intent.
And there is more
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trump- ... yt-report/A that an attorney working on behalf of President Donald Trump reached out to attorneys representing two indicted Trump allies to discuss “possible pardons.”
According to the Times, the unnamed Trump lawyer discussed the potential for pardons with attorneys representing former campaign chairman Paul Manfort and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
“The discussions raised questions about whether the president was willing to offer pardons to influence their decisions about whether to plead guilty and cooperate in the Mueller investigation,” the Times reports.
Since the reported pardon discussions took place, both Flynn and Manafort pleaded guilty to charges and entered into cooperation agreements with special counsel Robert Mueller. Although Flynn has upheld the terms of his agreement, the special counsel found that Manafort repeatedly violated his plea agreement by lying about contacts he’d had with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian national whom federal law enforcement officials believe has ties to Russian intelligence agencies.
If Trump ordered an attorney to float pardons to witnesses who could possibly implicate him, that could constitute an obstruction of justice charge.
This whole meets with Orange Slime and his administration, family dealings, the Reptilian party and Russia is making Watergate look like a misdemeanor parking ticket violation.