Mariotti: Trump Want to DoJ to Prosecute Comey, Hillary Is an Abuse of Power and ‘Grounds for Impeachment’

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BERMAN: "I understand that was the campaign, Renato. But spring of 2018 is not the campaign. That is when Donald Trump had been president for 16 or 14 months depending on when it was in the spring. That's a long time. And 'The New York Times' says President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his political adversaries. So, is that against the law?" 
MARIOTTI: "It very well could be. It certainly is an abuse of his power. It would be grounds for impeachment. As to James Comey, because Comey is a witness against Trump in the Mueller investigation, remember that the reason the Mueller investigation started is because James Comey alleged that when he was FBI director Trump pushed him to try to let the prosecution of Michael Flynn go, a man who later pleaded guilty and is now cooperating with Robert Mueller. So essentially it's a form of intimidating a witness, lashing out and trying to arguably cower a person that's a witness against him and go after a witness against him. I'll note that there is no evidence that James Comey has committed a crime. It is unclear what he'd be prosecuted or investigated for. So it's very troubling that he would order that prosecution."