Schiff: If Trump Fired Comey over Russia Probe, It’s ‘Evidence of Obstruction of Justice’

‘It’s something, I think, our committee also needs to get to the bottom of’

BASH: Another bit of news this week, "The New York Times" reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a letter, a document that appears to show the real reason why President Trump fired James Comey.

It was a document that President Trump worked on, allegedly with Stephen Miller, one of his top aides. Have you seen that document?

SCHIFF: I have not seen the document. And we wrote to the White House, after the claim was made, that the president had tapes of his discussions with Comey to ask about anything memorializing any conversations with Comey.

They first responded by tweet and then by letter saying they didn't have any such thing. If this is responsive to our letter, they need to produce it and it's probably past time for our committee to subpoena the White House to make sure we get all relevant documents. BASH: So, that means what you know you've read in the newspaper. Having said that, you are an experienced prosecutor and you've been investigating this.

If the president and Stephen Miller said explicitly that they were - that he was firing James Comey because of the Russia investigation, is that obstruction of justice?

SCHIFF: It's certainly further evidence of a potential obstruction of justice, and something that Mr. Mueller would have to consider. It's something, I think, our committee also needs to get to the bottom of.

But, certainly, it's consistent or would be consistent with what the president himself admitted. And the fact that it's in such sharp contrast to what they initially said that this was about his handling of the Clinton email investigation is further evidence of an attempt to conceal the real motives.

So, yes, it is potential evidence of obstruction of justice.

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