 as the head of
the Executive Branch, we recognized that the Department of Justice and the
courts have not definitively resolved these issues. We therefore examined those
issues through the framework established by Supreme Court precedent governing
separation-of-powers issues. The Department of Justice and the President&#x2019;s personal
counsel have recognized that the President is subject to statutes that prohibit obstruction
of justice by bribing a witness or suborning perjury because that conduct does n