. >> reporter: ron hosko, a former assistant director of the fbi, says while obstruction of justice is hard to prove the allegation itself could hurt the president. don't you have to prove intent? >> getting to intent to obstruct or impede is going to be very important. and it could be that they never are able to build that case in a meaningful way. however, damage could be done, political damage could be done during the process. >> reporter: mueller's appointment a month ago to oversee the investigationre the white house even interviewed him to fill the vacant fbi director job on may 16th. but as mueller's investigation gained traction, the president's allies began accusing him of trying to undermine the trump presidency. and the president himself has chimed in, tweeting this afternoon, "why is it that hillary clinton's family and dems dealings with russia are not looked at but my non-dealings are?" a former fbi official says the president's tweets could be used by the special counsel as evidence. scott, late today cbs news confirmed that vice president pence has hired a personal lawy

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ron hosko is the president of the law enforcement legal defense fund. he says better de-escalation training is needed. >> you know, not every occasion in america do we need an aggressive bulldog or certainly a pit bull. we don't need police officers barking at the end of their chain and snapping and snarling at citizens. >> reporter: of those 29 officer convictions, 15 were found guilty by a jury. there are at least 20 police officers currently waiting to stand trial across the country in use of force cases. anthony? >> mason: mireya, thank you. and coming up next on the "cbs evening news," wildfires in the west chase hundreds out of their homes. >> mason: hot, dry winds are fanning flames in the west, where more than 20 large wildfires are burning tonight. the largest has burned more than 67 square miles in southern utah. jamie yuccas is there. >> reporter: by air and by ground, it's man against nature in the mountains of utah. more than 1,100 firefighters have been called in to battle this massive blaze, which has spread in two directions. after a day

ron hosko is the president of the law enforcement legal defunse nd. he says better deescalation training is needed. >> you know, not every occasion in america do we need an aggressive bulldog or certainly a pit bull. we don't need police officers barking at the end of their chain and snapping and snarling at citizens. >> reporter: of those 29 officer convictions, 15 were found guilty by a jury. there are at least 20 police stand trial across the country in use of force cases. anthony? >> mason: mireya, thank you. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," wildfires in the west chase hundreds out of their homes. connected business world. d throughout the at&t network security helps protect business, from the largest financial markets to the smallest transactions, by sensing cyber-attacks in near real time and automatically deploying countermeasures. keeping the world of business connected and protected. that's the power of and. my doctor recommended i switch laxatives. stimu