Mark Gungolph expects the atmosphere surrounding US President Donald Trump to be largely cloudy with an opportunity to question and isolate him.
The author said in an article published by the Bloomberg agency that the chances of President Trump's accountability have increased, amid news published by the site "Buzz News" American.
The author points out that a recent report by President Bush reported that President Trump had directed his former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress over talks on the construction of the Trump Tower in Moscow.
If this report proves true, Trump may face charges of "perjury and obstruction of justice," the author says.
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Violation of laws
The writer of Noah Feldman, a professor of international law at Harvard University, also says that the issue of directing Cohen is not the first crime Trump faces, but also Cohen's violation of the campaign finance laws in the case of pornographic actress Sturmie Daniels.
Gungolph says the issue of trying to silence Daniels is about Trump's behavior when he is still a candidate. But Trump's advice to lieutenant-colonel Cohen to lie to Congress involves his behavior as president, and is therefore more serious.
It is difficult for Republicans in Congress to ignore this, and the Democrats will not have to wait for the results of Robert Mueller's investigation to start talking about Trump's accountability. He adds that it is said that the Democratic legislators have begun to go into this context.
showdown
He says it may be time for Muller to reveal some papers, so Congress can deal with this issue as soon as possible.
The report also notes that Cohen's lawyer had handed over money to someone who helped manipulate some of the polls in favor of Trump during the presidential election.