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Dershowitz was wrong when he said this before and it's just as wrong now, when it is taken to mean that obstructing justice is not grounds for impeachment, simply based on the claim that a president has the power to do it.

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U.S. Code › Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 73
18 U.S. Code Chapter 73 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
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§ 1501 - Assault on process server
§ 1502 - Resistance to extradition agent
§ 1503 - Influencing or injuring officer or juror generally
§ 1504 - Influencing juror by writing
§ 1505 - Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees
§ 1506 - Theft or alteration of record or process; false bail
§ 1507 - Picketing or parading
§ 1508 - Recording, listening to, or observing proceedings of grand or petit juries while deliberating or voting
§ 1509 - Obstruction of court orders
§ 1510 - Obstruction of criminal investigations
§ 1511 - Obstruction of State or local law enforcement
§ 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant
§ 1513 - Retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant
§ 1514 - Civil action to restrain harassment of a victim or witness
§ 1514A - Civil action to protect against retaliation in fraud cases
§ 1515 - Definitions for certain provisions; general provision
§ 1516 - Obstruction of Federal audit
§ 1517 - Obstructing examination of financial institution
§ 1518 - Obstruction of criminal investigations of health care offenses
§ 1519 - Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy
§ 1520 - Destruction of corporate audit records
§ 1521 - Retaliating against a Federal judge or Federal law enforcement officer by false claim or slander of title

No legal scholar here = but /\ this is the definition of the 'crime' of obstructing justice.

Now it appears that when people spout 'obstructing justice' they are referring to political insinuations.

A president can be impeached for 'obstructing justice' in a political sense, but I don't see how any kind of criminal charges can be applied based on the facts as we know them now.

Of course there might be a pretty good criminal basis for obstructing justice against HRC for destroying information under subpoena by the Congress.