NY Times Just Published Bombshell Report On Trump Obstruction In Russia Probe
Trump repeatedly pressured Senate Republicans to end Russia investigation.
New details of Donald Trump’s obstruction of justice efforts are starting to emerge. According to a bombshell new report by The New York Times details how President Trump repeatedly pressured Senate Republicans to end the Russia investigation into him and his campaign.
Multiple lawmakers and Congressional aides told The New York Times that Trump asked several top Republicans, including committee chairman Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) to end the investigation quickly.
As the New York Times notes, the “requests of lawmakers to end the Senate investigation came during a period in the summer when the president was particularly consumed with Russia and openly raging at his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions, for recusing himself from any inquiries into Russian meddling in the election.”
The bombshell New York Times report is the latest details of obstruction of justice by Donald Trump in the Russia investigation.
Trump pressured Senator Burr who is the ranking Republican on the Intel Committee to end the investigation. According to the New York Times, “Mr. Burr told other senators that Mr. Trump had stressed that it was time to “move on” from the Russia issue, using that language repeatedly, according to people who spoke with Mr. Burr over the summer. One Republican close to Mr. Burr, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that Mr. Trump had been ‘very forceful.'”
Read the full New York Times report here.