<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of the <i>Boston Globe</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/05/06/former-federal-prosecutors-say-trump-would-have-been-charged-with-obstruction-were-not-president/2z96jvcVS46hv067EBg9RN/story.html">https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/05/06/former-federal-prosecutors-say-trump-would-have-been-charged-with-obstruction-were-not-president/2z96jvcVS46hv067EBg9RN/story.html</a><br><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><h1 class="headline | bold font_secondary margin_bottom padding_top
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" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding-top: 8px; font-family: Miller; font-size: 46px; line-height: 52px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">370 former federal prosecutors say Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not president</h1></div><div><br></div><div><div>WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 400 former federal prosecutors say in a new letter that President Donald Trump would have been charged with obstruction of justice for his acts if he were anyone other than president.</div><div><br></div><div>The letter was signed by more than 370 ex-prosecutors who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations. It was released by Protect Democracy, a nonprofit organization critical of the Trump administration.</div><div><br></div><div>Among the signers is former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, who is mounting a primary challenge to Trump in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>The former Justice Department prosecutors say special counsel Robert Mueller’s report ‘‘describes several acts that satisfy all of the elements for an obstruction charge.’’ However, a Justice Department legal opinion says sitting presidents cannot be indicted.</div><div><br></div><div>Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whether Trump criminally obstructed justice. Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein concluded Mueller’s evidence was insufficient for an obstruction charge.</div></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“You’re a Mean One, Mr. Trump”</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Donald_Trump/Youre_a_Mean_One_Mr_Trump.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Donald_Trump/Youre_a_Mean_One_Mr_Trump.mp3</a></div><div> </div></div></div></div></body></html>