Jared Huffman: “President Trump's mantra is ``no collusion.'' He says this constantly because he wants people to think collusion--a hard…”

“President Trump's mantra is ``no collusion.'' He says this constantly because he wants people to think collusion--a hard thing to prove--is the only question in the Russia investigation. It is not. Even putting aside the mounting evidence that Trump did collude with Russia, there is an equally serious question about obstruction of justice, and, for that, the evidence is overwhelming. The greatest hits of Trump obstruction include: Requesting an improper loyalty pledge from FBI Director Comey; Telling Director Comey to drop the Flynn investigation; Asking the DNI and the CIA Directors to lean on Comey to drop the Flynn investigation; Firing Comey when he continued the investigation; Admitting on national TV that the firing was because of the Russia investigation; Admitting, essentially, the same thing to top Russian officials in a White House meeting; Drafting a deliberately misleading statement for his son about the infamous Trump Tower meeting; Attempting to fire Special Counsel Mueller; And, most recently, this ham-handed choreography with Chairman Nunes to undermine all of the pending investigations--an attempt to set up the argument that we should drop the Russia investigations and, instead, investigate the investigators. That is just the ``Greatest Hits of Obstruction,'' volume I. There is a lot more to come, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President. ____________________”