Schumer: Trump lawyers' argument that he can't obstruct justice would be valid in a dictatorship

[DonViejo]

BY LUIS SANCHEZ - 06/02/18 08:13 PM EDT

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Saturday compared an argument made by President Trump's legal team to one that would be valid in a dictatorship.

A letter obtained by The New York Times and published Saturday revealed that Trump's lawyers sent a confidential letter to special counsel Robert Mueller in January, arguing that the president could not have possibly obstructed justice because he has constitutional authority over all federal investigations.

“This would be a valid legal argument — if our government were a dictatorship,” Schumer tweeted. “Fortunately, we are a government of laws, not men. And in America, no one is above the law, including the president.”

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In his tweet, Schumer linked to the The New York Times article that featured the letter. According to the 20-page note, the Constitution gives Trump the broad authority to, "if he wished, terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon."

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390426-schumer-trump-lawyers-argument-he-cant-obstruct-justice-would-make

[stonecutter357]

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2. It is now on record from Rump atty that he cant be questioned because he will lie, his own

atty said this.

GOP make your choice, either you are patriots or you are armed opponents of the American government, I assume most of you are armed, right?

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