Judge Nap: Trump Attempted to ‘Obstruct Justice’ by Pressuring Whitaker on Cohen Case
Shortly after the New York Times dropped an explosive report alleging President Trump called then-Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to put a Trump ally in charge of the Southern District of New York’s case against former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said this request amounted to “an attempt to obstruct justice.”
“It would only be obstruction if it succeeded,” Napolitano told Fox News anchor Shepard Smith Tuesday. “If you tried to interfere with a criminal prosecution that may knock at your own door by putting your ally in there that is clearly an attempt to obstruct justice.”
