Starr: No obstruction case against Trump from evidence so far

Ken Starr, the controversial investigator of former President Bill Clinton, on Thursday said he doesn’t see a case for obstruction of justice against President Trump from the evidence he’s seen so far.

“It’s too soon to tell. From what I’ve seen — and of course we don’t know a whole lot — the answer is no,” Starr said on CNN’s “New Day,” when asked whether he thinks there’s a case for obstruction of justice.

“But it is going to be investigated and so we will soon know.”

Starr said obstruction of justice is a “very hard crime to make out.”

{mosads}”You’ve got to take really affirmative action and Director [James] Comey said in his testimony that even though the expression was hope, he took it as a directive,” Starr said.

“But what we know is, he didn’t do anything about it, right? That is that he did not dismiss the investigation or curtail the investigation. There’s an expression of hope, so it becomes an interpretation.”

The comments come after a Washington Post report Wednesday that the special counsel appointed to investigate the Russian meddling in the presidential race is now looking into whether Trump sought to obstruct justice.

Questions about whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice have swirled following former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony last week, in which he said the president directed him in February to end the FBI’s investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.