Thanks for that, Willie (Goat.)
I think it's plausible that the Special Counsel could issue a finding that President Trump has engaged in obstruction of justice,
regardless of whether or not the Special Counsel issues any findings of willful collusion involving President Trump or anyone else of significance in the Trump Campaign with known Russian intelligence agents or proxies.
I would not describe any assertions from the Special Counsel that President Trump engaged in obstruction of justice as a "straight line" that leads to the House of Representatives drawing up a Bill (not Clinton) of Impeachment against the President.
I think it depends on the
totality of the Special Counsel's findings. If the evidence suggests that the President's obstructions of justice are only a misguided effort by the President to spare his fired National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, from additional humiliation and criminal penalties, I think I would say "OK, obstruction of justice, but that's where it ends. No reason to go forward with any Bill of Impeachment against the President."
If the totality of the evidence results in findings that implicate the President in any other criminal activity--and it could be something else--something apart from colluding with Russian agents in their efforts to intrude upon our 2016 elections--then I would say "OK, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. Add it onto the President's bar 'tab'--the Bill of Impeachment."
Jared Kushner has a youthful, innocent looking face... imagine how any of us could "riff" on that... but let me hypothesize that there was something "unholy" about the conversations that he had. Jared's meeting with the Russian ambassador, who came to Trump Tower and was ushered into the building discretely, using a side entrance. Jared's conversation with the Russian "dude" who is (or was) the head honcho at VEB, which is a Russian bank or financial institution that was sanctioned by President Obama, in response to the Russian involvement in Ukraine and the Russian seizure of Crimea.
Is it too "science fiction-y" to think that it is possible--perhaps not probable, but just possible--that Jared crossed a line that would allow a federal prosecutor to indict him for some kind of white collar crime--maybe "sanctions busting?" And is it too science fiction-y to think that maybe the Special Counsel would have evidence that this was known to Donald J Trump--what Jared was up to?
What then?Just a hypothetical. Too far-fetched to even imagine? Or not. "You make the call."
[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 06-16-2017).]