Trump has right to act on criminal cases

WASHINGTON, 15 February 2020, TON: US President Donald Trump tweeted that he has the legal right to intervene in criminal cases after his US Attorney General complained White House tweets were making his job impossible. 

There is a debate whether the US president has the authority to order the Attorney General to open or close a case. The US Department of Justice is autonomous and meant to operate without political interference ever since the Watergate scandal of 1970s.

Mr Trump has in the past had called for investigations into perceived enemies, such as former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

On Friday, Mr McCabe's lawyers disclosed that Justice Department had closed its criminal inquiry into whether their client had lied to investigators about leaks to the media or not.

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