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Richard Blumenthal: “This excellent reporting certainly indicates a key element of an obstruction of justice case which is corrupt intent.…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 2018
This excellent reporting certainly indicates a key element of an obstruction of justice case which is corrupt intent. And what is building here, it may not have reached the threshold of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, is clearly an effort to shut down the investigation, to interfere with it by in effect telling Jeff Sessions he had the main control over it and stymie it if possible.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal discusses the implications of the reporting on obstruction of justice related to the investigation.

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