Pr*sident Trump’s tweets have been a sight to behold. From playground insults tossed in the direction of North Korea’s Supreme Leader to lies about job growth, our very own orange Mussolini has sent out a treasure trove of half-demented remarks that are unPresidented. But his latest has taken the cake. And unlike those he has deleted for bad grammar or misspelling because nobody proofs them, the latest isn’t one that simple deletion will cure. Here’s Caroline Orr at ShareBlue:
Donald Trump may have just admitted to obstruction of justice — in a tweet.
Early Saturday afternoon, Trump took to Twitter and promptly blurted out that he knew former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements to the FBI, had lied to investigators while he was working in the White House. [...]
As some savvy Twitter users, including a former Director of the Office of Public Affairs for the Department of Justice, Matthew Miller, quickly pointed out, Trump appears to have just implicated himself in an obstruction of justice case.
Miller wasn’t alone. Lawfare’s Susan Hennessey tweeted:
And then there was Rep. Ted Lieu, who has been one of best eye-poking Democrats on Twitter since he arrived in Congress:
And William Schaub, the former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, couldn’t resist:
Whether Trump’s latest foray into Twitterdumb adds anything substantial to the case special counsel Robert Mueller is building or just another of the flashes-in-the-pan that most of his petty outbursts amount to probably won’t be known for months. But you would think his legal team would be trying to figure out how to persuade Twitter to create a special page where the man’s tweets are only seen by him.
Saturday, Dec 2, 2017 · 11:25:08 PM +00:00 · Meteor Blades
From The Washington Post:
Trump’s lawyer John Dowd drafted the president’s tweet, according to two people familiar with the twitter message. Its authorship could reduce how significantly it communicates anything about when the president knew that Flynn had lied to the FBI, but also raises questions about the public relations strategy of the president's chief lawyer.
people close to the administration described the tweet simply as sloppy and unfortunate.