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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 03:06 PM Dec 2017

Ex-Obama DOJ official: Trump 'just admitted to obstruction of justice'

Source: The Hill




A former Obama administration Justice Department official said Saturday that President Trump “admitted to obstruction of justice” in a tweet.




Miller was responding to a tweet Trump posted Saturday, in which he said he fired former national security adviser Michael Flynn in February because Flynn "lied to the Vice President and the FBI.”

“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. “It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!”

In February, the White House said Trump asked Flynn to resign from his position because of “eroding trust.”

“There is not a legal issue but rather a trust issue,” then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer said at the time.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/362935-ex-obama-doj-official-trump-just-admitted-to-obstruction-of




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Ex-Obama DOJ official: Trump 'just admitted to obstruction of justice' (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2017 OP
Trump is an idiot Gothmog Dec 2017 #1
Lawyers on twitter say it's a clear case of obstruction of justice. DesertRat Dec 2017 #2
He's all emotion, delusions, grandeur, invincibility bucolic_frolic Dec 2017 #3
He actually think this is hurting Flynn, but it is hurting him way more. SummerSnow Dec 2017 #4
oh my... SummerSnow Dec 2017 #5
Trump's Twitter minions failed him - Bigly. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2017 #6

bucolic_frolic

(43,173 posts)
3. He's all emotion, delusions, grandeur, invincibility
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 05:43 PM
Dec 2017

Logic is not a strong suit. The nuance, timing, logical sequence of what he just posted escapes him, surely.

Yes. This is the gotcha moment.

Twitter is really a confessional for those unable to control their thoughts. It's like running off at the mouth during a traffic stop for them.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
4. He actually think this is hurting Flynn, but it is hurting him way more.
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 05:49 PM
Dec 2017

I bet his lawyers are having a meltdown right now.lol

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,491 posts)
6. Trump's Twitter minions failed him - Bigly.
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 05:52 PM
Dec 2017

The kids that write his tweets forgot to check this one against their Federal Law for Dummies 101.

Keep on Tweetin', boys!

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