Former US attorney Preet Bharara, whom Trump fired in March after Bharara refused to resign along with a raft of other Obama-era Justice Department attorneys, slammed Trump's choice to pick the attorney for his team.
"This is going to move forward".
Sekulow also opened a conflict between the President's political team and his legal one, hinting that the President's tweets should be discounted even though the White House said they are an authentic expression of his views. "'Very unsafe, ' he wrote, saying it's clear following the Post's story that Mueller is 'the tip of the deep state spear aimed at destroying or at a minimum undermining and crippling the Trump presidency.' 'The brazen redefinition of Mueller's task tells you how arrogant the deep state is and how confident it is it can get away with anything, ' he added".
Responding to the multiple news outlets that reported the developments, Trump complained on Twitter, "I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director!"
"But you know how it works in Washington", Sekulow continued. So that tweet was in response to that.
"There's been no notification of any investigation".
"I can say categorically that the collusion, the cooperation aspect of the investigation is not over", said Senator Angus King, an independent from Maine, during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday.
Obstruction of justice was among the articles of impeachment drafted against both Presidents Nixon and Clinton.
When pressed, Schiff said that he's "not prepared to say that there's proof you could take to a jury" but "that there is enough that we ought to be investigating".
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"Now you're reading minds again", Wallace said.
At 36 percent, Mr. Trump's approval rating is now his lowest in CBS News Polls since becoming president.
But no one has denied the substance of the Post story.
That would amount to looking into Trump's actions on potential grounds of obstructing justice.
"Sir, you just said two times that he's being investigated", the Fox News host said.
In addition to Kushner, the firm also represents the interests of Ivanka Trump and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. We're still at a preliminary phase.
The committee is examining evidence from several ongoing probes in American intelligence and law enforcement. At times it sounded like Bill Clinton debating the meaning of the word "is".
Sekulow said Trump is savvy on Twitter and reaches over 100 million people whenever he wants to get a message across on social media. Why would the president object to a thorough investigation - unless he had something to hide?
Trump and his aides may well end up in the clear, but months of recriminations ahead will further polarize the capital and cast a shadow over his administration, which is already struggling for traction after a tumultuous first five months.
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