Trump is still facing legal woes: Randy Zelin

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The criminal defense attorney Randy Zelin appeared on MSNBC Saturday. The anchor Kendis Gibson discussed the report from Mueller and how Trump’s legal troubles may not be over, in spite of Mueller’s recommendation that no one else is indicted as a result of his investigation. Zelin started by outlining the mandate from the special counsel’s office. He said, “The report is limited to the investigation into Russian influence into 2016 and related matters. Which means that everything related to everything else is for someone else to do. In the Southern District of New York are they interested in Russian interference or are they interested in things like campaign finance violations unrelated to Russia”?

The anchor Gibson responded to reference the president’s frequent calls of Mueller’s investigation being a fishing expedition. Zelin asked what Gibson would say about the SDNY investigation which isn’t a fishing expedition. He said, “You have Michael Cohen, who has already pleaded guilty, you have evidence of campaign finance violations, you have investigations into, now, Trump Organization business dealings, insurance fraud, tax fraud, all kinds of fraud which are unrelated to the Russia investigation”. He added, “So how does the Mueller report extricate the president from his problems. Why Americans aren’t concerned about learning if Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election.

The executive director at the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Noah Bookbinder said, “I think the Mueller report certainly isn’t the end-all for legal problems and ethics problems for the president. There’s just a lot of really problematic conduct that is being investigated, and that’s not to say that what special counsel Mueller found isn’t going to be incredibly important, but there’s some danger to looking at whatever he produces as the definitive statement on whether or not this president did anything wrong”. The New York Times justice reporter, Katie Brennan said Trump and his family, including his children Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. didn’t show themselves to be worried in public. The remaining investigations from the U.S Congress and the Southern District of New York can’t be discounted for their potential legal ramifications.