Fmr. Clinton Independent Prosecutor: No Obstruction Case Against Trump

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STARR: "It's too soon to tell. From what I have seen -- and of course we don't know a whole lot, the answer is no. But it is going to be investigated, and so, we will soon know. Obstruction of justice is really a very hard crime to make out. It -- it's not just you want the investigation to go away, you suggest that the investigation goes away, you've got to take really affirmative action. And Director Comey said in his testimony that even though the expression was hope, he took it as a directive. But what we know is he didn't do anything about it, right? That is, he did not dismiss the investigation or curtail the investigation. There's an expression of hope, so it becomes an interpretation. And I think it is just a very hard case to make out. And you know it is a good thing for all of us. Crimes should be difficult to prove."