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A little more than 24 hours after Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, President Trump finally took to Twitter to offer his thoughts. He may wish he hadn't.
In his first tweet on the subject since Flynn's plea, Trump argued that Flynn had no reason to lie about his actions because they weren't unlawful. But it's the first part of the tweet that caught plenty of people's attention.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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8h
I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide
Except when Trump fired Flynn on Feb. 13, he mentioned only Flynn's comments to Vice President Pence -- not the FBI.
The day after Trump fired Flynn, on Feb. 14, Trump urged then-FBI Director James B. Comey to be lenient with Flynn, according to Comey's notes at the time, saying, "I hope you can let this go.” If Trump knew at that time that Flynn had lied to the FBI and was under investigation, the argument goes, it may constitute an attempt to obstruct that investigation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-be-a-problem-for-him/?utm_term=.2dfff70bfc7f
Update: The Post is now reporting that the tweet was authored by Trump's personal lawyer, John Dowd, according to two people familiar with the situation.
White House is now claiming that attorney John Dowd authored the ill-advised social media message.
"If CIA director Mike Pompeo ends up rolling into Foggy Bottom as Tillerson’s successor thinking that he won’t run into the same Twitter problem just because Trump likes him more, he has a rude awakening ahead of him."
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...-feed-is-a-foreign-policy-crisis-machine.html
Anita Kumar
@anitakumar01
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3h
A sign today in NYC outside where @POTUS held his first fundraiser of the day: "A package of bologna would make a better president
Justin Hendrix
@justinhendrix
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10h
Over one thousand people got up early to greet @realdonaldtrump at Grand Central to tell him and his racist donor class- we will not let you destroy this country without the fight of your lives
Justin Hendrix
@justinhendrix
Trump Motorcade arriving to chants of "Lock Him Up" in NYC
In his first tweet on the subject since Flynn's plea, Trump argued that Flynn had no reason to lie about his actions because they weren't unlawful. But it's the first part of the tweet that caught plenty of people's attention.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
8h
I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide
Except when Trump fired Flynn on Feb. 13, he mentioned only Flynn's comments to Vice President Pence -- not the FBI.
The day after Trump fired Flynn, on Feb. 14, Trump urged then-FBI Director James B. Comey to be lenient with Flynn, according to Comey's notes at the time, saying, "I hope you can let this go.” If Trump knew at that time that Flynn had lied to the FBI and was under investigation, the argument goes, it may constitute an attempt to obstruct that investigation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-be-a-problem-for-him/?utm_term=.2dfff70bfc7f
Update: The Post is now reporting that the tweet was authored by Trump's personal lawyer, John Dowd, according to two people familiar with the situation.
White House is now claiming that attorney John Dowd authored the ill-advised social media message.
"If CIA director Mike Pompeo ends up rolling into Foggy Bottom as Tillerson’s successor thinking that he won’t run into the same Twitter problem just because Trump likes him more, he has a rude awakening ahead of him."
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...-feed-is-a-foreign-policy-crisis-machine.html
Anita Kumar
@anitakumar01
·
3h
A sign today in NYC outside where @POTUS held his first fundraiser of the day: "A package of bologna would make a better president
Justin Hendrix
@justinhendrix
·
10h
Over one thousand people got up early to greet @realdonaldtrump at Grand Central to tell him and his racist donor class- we will not let you destroy this country without the fight of your lives
Justin Hendrix
@justinhendrix
Trump Motorcade arriving to chants of "Lock Him Up" in NYC