FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Baker, the former top lawyer of the FBI, told lawmakers last fall that there were widespread concerns inside the FBI that President Donald Trump had attempted to obstruct the bureau’s investigation into his campaign’s links to Russians, according to a newly released transcript of Baker’s testimony. Under questioning in 2018 from a Democratic committee lawyer, Baker described numerous officials who were distressed that the president may have obstructed justice when he fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. Baker said he had personal concerns and that they were shared by not just top FBI brass but within other divisions and at the Justice Department as well…Baker said other FBI executives informed him that Justice Department officials raised concerns about obstruction by Trump as well. His comments, some of which have been revealed in press reports in recent months, were included in a 152-page transcript of Baker’s testimony to the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees in October 2018, when Republicans led an investigation into the handling of the FBI’s Russia probe.”
–Kyle Cheney, “Newly released testimony: Former top FBI lawyer says agency concerned Trump obstructed justice,” Politico, April 9, 2019 3:17 pm