Acting Quote by Benjamin Wittes

How exactly the obstruction-of-justice statutes interact with the president's broad powers to supervise the executive branch under Article II of the Constitution is a…

— Benjamin Wittes

Obstruction, basically, is whether you corruptly influence, obstruct or impede the administration of justice. You tell a chief law enforcement officer get, you know,…

— Keith Ellison

I don't doubt that there are many presidential acts that would constitute obstructions of justice if anyone but the president engaged in them but…

— Benjamin Wittes

“Article II creates an office, President of the United States, that remains a kind of inkblot onto which generations of Americans have projected their…

— Garrett Epps

When the President acts, he must do so pursuant to constitutionally enumerated Article II powers or statutory power allocated to him by Congress.

— Kayleigh McEnany

No one wants a president to be guilty of obstruction of justice. The only thing worse than that is a guilty president who goes…

— Neal Katyal

Obstruction of justice requires a corrupt intent.

— Neal Katyal

Obstruction of Congress in our work is a crime.

— Jason Chaffetz

“The president and his subordinates at the Department of Justice have used the executive’s awesome law enforcement power, including its access to vast sums…

— Andrew McCarthy

A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.

— Al Gore

The idea that the president doesn't interfere in law-enforcement investigative matters is one of our deep normative expectations of the modern presidency. But it…

— Benjamin Wittes

In a case involving his private conduct, a President should be treated like any private citizen. The rule of law requires no more -…

— George T. Conway III