Newsweek
December 7, 2018
“It took him about three weeks to do what would normally take two days.”
Trump’s lawyer told Axios that obstruction of justice was not mentioned in the correspondence with Mueller, although many analysts believe Trump did commit obstruction of justice.
Many point to Trump’s interview with NBC News host Lester Holt in May 2017 in which the president said he was thinking about the FBI’s investigation into Russian election interference when he fired James Comey, the agency’s director, as evidence of obstruction.They also point to Trump’s comments to the Russian foreign minister about firing Comey as another example.