Watch this video of constitutional law expert Laurence Tribe. It is very powerful.
Tribe makes a strong case that Trump has broken laws.
Tribe is calling on Congress to grow some so we can avoid a constitutional crisis, but it appears Republicans are joining Trump to cover up his crimes.
They are complicit.
'Obstruction of justice'
'High crimes and misdemeanors'
On Trump’s dinner with Comey and Trump asking for his loyalty.
"If you will assure me that I'm not going to be under investigation, then maybe I'll keep you on. We’ll see what happens.
It’s essentiallly the language of bribery. It’s the language of the underworld, of racketeering, not the language of a President who’s suppose to be enforcing the rule of law. It’s staggering."
"The President has made clear that he’s trying to cover up, the cover up."
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"That is, clearly, on it's face obstruction of justice," Tribe said on MSNBC on Thursday, referring to reports that Trump asked Comey for his "loyalty" at a private dinner.
Tribe said that Trump's request translated to mean that Trump wanted assurances from Comey that he would not become part of the FBI's investigation into Russian election interference.
"So, either Trump's own account of the discussion is true, in which case he's guilty of obstruction of justice," Tribe said. "Or, much more likely, Comey's account is true in which Comey gave him no assurances and said, ‘You can count on me to be honest, but not to be reliable or swear fealty to you.’ ”
"Either way, as with the first article of impeachment against Richard Nixon, this is a series of high crimes and misdemeanors," Tribe said.