To Prove Trump Obstruction, No Need for Russia Collusion

Attorney General William Barr’s assertion that President Donald Trump didn’t obstruct justice is based in part on a legal rationale that’s “incorrect and misleading” and can lead to a state of affairs that “doesn’t really make any sense,” according to criminal law experts.

Trump seized on the one-two punch of Barr’s obstruction conclusion and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s purported conclusion that his campaign didn’t conspire with Russians to say that he was completely exonerated.

Barr drew the favorable obstruction conclusion for Trump in his March 24 letter to lawmakers summarizing Mueller’s newly wrapped up investigation that has dogged the Trump ...