A Senate investigation into connections between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia warns that it is considering a case of obstruction of justice against the president.
“What we’re beginning to see is the putting together of a case of obstruction of justice,” Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“I think we see this in the indictments, the four indictments and pleas that have just taken place and some of the comments that are being made,” Feinstein said, explaining the possibility of obstruction charges.
Trump tweeted on Saturday that he fired Michael Flynn as national security adviser in February “because he lied to the vice-president and the FBI” about his contacts with the Russian ambassador late last year.
The tweet came a day after Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents. This would mean that Trump knew Flynn had…