UPDATED: In apparent shift, Trump tweets he fired Flynn for lying to FBI

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY JORDAN FABIAN AND JULIA MANCHESTER - 12/02/17 01:40 PM EST

President Trump said Saturday he had to fire Michael Flynn as national security adviser because he lied to Vice President Pence and the FBI, in an apparent shift from the reasons Trump stated at the time Flynn was fired.

Trump’s changing rationale is a discrepancy that will catch the attention of prosecutors on Mueller’s team looking into whether the president tried to obstruct the investigation.

"I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies," Trump tweeted while traveling in New York City for fundraising events. Trump also stressed “there was nothing to hide!”

"It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!" he added.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/362938-in-apparent-shift-trump-tweets-he-fired-flynn-for-lying-to-fbi

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update:

Dem on Trump's Flynn tweet: 'This is obstruction of justice'

BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 12/02/17 01:20 PM EST

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) seized on President Trump's tweet about his former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Saturday, saying it was proof of obstruction of justice.

Link to tweet

Lieu's comments come after Trump on Saturday defended Flynn's actions during the presidential transition as "lawful," arguing there was "nothing to hide."

Link to tweet

Other vocal Trump critics seized on Trump's tweet Saturday, pointing to it as evidence of the president obstructing justice.

MORE
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/362936-dem-on-trumps-flynn-tweet-this-is-obstruction-of-justice

[CanonRay]

1. Does this moron not believe in videotape?

[nycbos]

2. I think someone confiscated his phone and tweeted for him.

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[Angry Dragon]

7. Trump tweeted it.........do not give him an out

[lastlib]

16. Doesn't he grasp the fact that the Internet is forever?

It's a bald-faced lie, and he damn well knows it, he just wants to try to bamboozle the short-memory base of his. It doesn't work with the rest of us, and it's an admission of obstruction of justice. He IS going down.

[TEB]

3. He is just so stupid

He basically just admitted to obstruction of justice

[C Moon]

4. And Putin does a face-palm .

[DownriverDem]

5. But

trump's moron supporters will believe every word of his lies. This nightmare we are living is beyond words.

[emulatorloo]

6. Wonder how Lie Cobb will explain this one away?

[Lulu KC]

8. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' version

"He was just kidding."

[still_one]

9. I hope someone responded accordingly

[DesertRat]

10. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the WH

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[johnnylol]

11. updated

michael isikoff believes at the time flynn lied to the fbi.. trump did not know even white house council did not know since sally yates never mentioned it to them...

[OilemFirchen]

13. So what?

The significant date is not when Flynn lied, but, rather, when he was fired. Yates had briefed the WH prior to that time.

[TexasBushwhacker]

12. Whatever. Obama fired him first and warned Trump not to hire him n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. The dotard can't make up his mind

[kacekwl]

15. I would love to see the moron

testifying under oath on live TV. I could watch for hours.