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In his testimony before the Senate intelligence committee today, former Michael Flynn. If Comey’s testimony is accurate and the president indeed attempted to influence the investigation into Flynn -- who was fired after the White House said he had misrepresented the nature of his contact with the Russian ambassador to the United States -- some say that may constitute an obstruction of justice. Obstruction of justice is a federal 18 U.S.Code § 1505

President Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, today called

Senate Intelligence Committee staff investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and potential collusion with the Trump campaign plan to interview Jared Kushner in late June or early July, sources familiar with the investigation tells ABC News. The interview with President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, which is expected to take place in a closed setting, would mark a new phase in the investigation now turning to personal testimony. A

President Trump's conduct and the future of the Russia election meddling investigation. Here's what legal experts told ABC News. Legal experts are split. "Insofar as Trump intended to shut down an ongoing valid investigation of possible wrongdoing by his close advisers -- all of which should be clear to any objective observer -- I think it amounts to obstruction of justice in both the legal and lay sense of the term," said Peter Schuck, a professor at Yale Law School.

President Trump’s personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz will file a complaint with the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General asking for an inquiry into James Comey over his leaking the details of his conversations with the president and the memos about those conversations, according to a source close to the Trump legal team. Kasowitz is also drafting a similar submission to be sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the former FBI director's Senate testimony Thursday and “other matters,” th

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