Chris Coons: There’s ‘Abundant Evidence of Obstruction’ by Trump

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MELBER: "I want to start with your view of whether what Donald Trump wrote on the Internet today is evidence of potential obstruction."
COONS: "Well it’s certainly evidence, Ari, of his state of mind of how he views the ongoing Mueller investigation and of what he thinks should happen. He’s saying this morning Jeff Sessions should shut down the Mueller investigation which he calls a rigged witch hunt a number of commentators have said so far this evening that could be entered into evidence as something that suggest what his state of mind has been. I’ll remind you, this goes all the way back back to his Lester Holt interview his following the firing of James Comey, when he said he had the Russia investigation in mind when he fired Jim Comey, the former FBI director. So I think there’s abundant evidence obstruction and intent to interfere with the ongoing investigation into whether or not Russia committed some conspiracy with the Trump campaign in order to violate our federal election laws. That's something that’s been out there in plain view now for months. Frankly my answer as to why President Trump did that this morning is a combination of appealing to his base, delegitimizing the Mueller investigation and he, frankly, partly just can’t help himself."