President Trump’s outside lawyer said in a new interview that a president can’t obstruct justice.
The “president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under [the Constitution’s Article II] and has every right to express his view of any case,” attorney John Dowd told Axios.
His comments come after Trump in a tweet over the weekend appeared to reveal he knew former national security adviser Michael Flynn had lied to the FBI when he was fired.
“I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies,” Trump tweeted on Saturday.
[contentcards url=”http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/363069-trumps-lawyer-claims-president-cannot-obstruct-justice” target=”_blank”]