Opinion | Suzanne Garment: What Watergate can teach us about Mueller's report and obstruction of justice. - NBCNewsTHINK
the 2016 election. Trump cannot bring himself to admit that the Russians helped him win the 2016 election. For Trump, that may be enough of a motive to try to obstruct an investigation.
When we’re dealing with normal human psychology, this kind of public display of potentially corrupt motives would not happen. Normally, corrupt intent is secret and ashamed. It hides a deed — illegal, embarrassing, evil — that it doesn’t dare expose openly. In a person with normal psychology, Trump’s behavior would indicate that he had nothing to hide. But nothing about this presidency is normal.
This is a useful habit. It narrows the scope of our disagreements. It channels political passions in ways that make them less destructive.
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