This article is from the source 'independent' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.

You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-obstruction-of-justice-comey-special-prosecutor-robert-mueller-a7790751.html

The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.

Version 0 Version 1
Special prosecutor 'investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice' over Comey firing Special prosecutor 'investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice' over Comey firing
(35 minutes later)
The Special Counsel overseeing the probe into possible ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Moscow is said to now be investigating the President for possibly obstructing justice over the firing of former FBI Director James Comey, according to reports. The Special Counsel overseeing the probe into possible collusion between the Donald Trump campaign and Moscow is said to now be investigating the President for possibly obstructing justice over the firing of former FBI Director James Comey.
More follows... When former FBI Director James Comey appeared before a Senate committee recently, he confirmed that he had told Mr Trump on several instances that he was personally not under investigation.
However, according to the Washington Post, since Mr Comey’s firing, special prosecutor has started to look at Mr Trump’s actions as part of the wider investigation into alleged Russia interference in the 2016 US presidential election.
If confirmed, the news would mark a dramatic shift in the course of the investigation, which Mr Trump has so far sought to dismiss and brush away.
The Post reported that numerous sources had said that the possible obstruction-of-justice investigation of the Mr Trump began days shortly after Mr Trump fired Mr Comey last month. Mr Trump told a television reason that one of the reasons he had fired the 56-year-old was because of the ongoing probe into possible collusion with Russia, something the President said was nothing more than “fake news” being generated by those angry about his election victory.
“When I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said ‘You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story, it’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should’ve won’,” Mr Trump told NBC.
When he appeared on Capitol Hill, Mr Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee he too believed he had been fired by Mr Trump because the President wanted to interfere with the FBI probe.
“I take the president's words. I know I was fired because of something about the way I was conducting the Russia investigation was in some way putting pressure on him, in some way irritating him, and he decided to fire me because of that,” he said.