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The last time Melania Trump was seen in public was May 10th.

Monica Lewinski was 21, not a minor and it is not a crime to have an affair in the office even if it is in the Oval office.

In my opinion since it first come up he should have said it wasn't anybody's business and saved us all a lot of trouble.

WASHINGTON -- President Trump's lawyers have for months quietly waged a campaign to keep the special counsel from trying to force him to answer questions in the investigation into whether he obstructed justice, asserting that he cannot be compelled to testify

and arguing in a confidential letter that he could not possibly have committed obstruction because he has unfettered authority over all federal investigations.

In a brash assertion of presidential power, the 20-page letter -- sent to the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and obtained by The New York Times -- contends that the president cannot illegally obstruct any aspect of the investigation into Russia's election meddling because the Constitution empowers him to, "if he wished, terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon."

Mr. Trump's broad interpretation of executive authority is novel

and is likely to be tested if a court battle ensues over whether he could be ordered to answer questions. It is unclear how that fight, should the case reach that point, would play out. A spokesman for Mr. Mueller declined to comment.

"We don't know what the law is on the intersection between the obstruction statutes and the president exercising his constitutional power to supervise an investigation in the Justice Department," said Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard Law School professor who oversaw the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel during the Bush administration. "It's an open question."

Do you find it frustrating that you're forced to choose between news that supports Trump and news that opposes him? Is there really not a space for no narrative, non-editorialized news where they just say, "Hey, here's all the **** that happened today, and here's the transcripts."?

I am pretty sure it was consensual, I mean, she flashed the straps of her thong underwear to him and that is when the first encounter took place soon after in Oval office. A pretty big come hither on Lewinsky's part. I am not aware of her saying she tried to deny him or anything else, nor did she ever say there was any sexual harassment involved; nor was there any charges made of sexual harassment between Lewinsky and Clinton.

They only charged him with lying at his grand jury.

he should have just admitted to the affair and that would have been the end of it.

Trump is not above the law, even though he thinks it doesn't apply to him.

President Trump will host a dinner in the coming week in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, restoring a White House tradition that he had abandoned during his first year in office, a West Wing official said on Saturday.

The dinner is expected to be held on Wednesday. The guest list was not made available.
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The dinner, which was reported earlier by Politico, will revive a tradition that Republican and Democratic presidents have carried out for years during Ramadan, when Muslims fast during the daylight hours. A meal called an iftar breaks the fast.

Eid al-Fitr, the festival that signifies the end of Ramadan, is expected to begin Thursday evening.

Whatever you think you're talking about is far from clear, but on the face of it it is nonsense.

Trump theoretically may have the power to stop any investigation, BUT exercising that power in and of itself constitutes obstruction of justice here... If he does it, he's guilty.

Actions have consequences.