Trump’s lawyer, John Dowd, has been busy clearing out more brush, making the preposterous claim that the president cannot obstruct justice because he’s the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. If Trump shot somebody on Fifth Avenue — his own suggested redline — he could, as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, tell the cops to quash the investigation. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Sean Hannity, at state-run television, went on a vein-popping rant Tuesday against law enforcement, complete with conspiracy charts. Mueller should be fired, the Russian enablers now claim, because one of his agents said some bad things about Trump.

Source: New York Times December 08, 2017 10:41 UTC