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12-05-2017, 03:56 AM
Yes, Donald Trump's tweet about Michael Flynn is a legal liability
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Even for Donald Trump, this tweet was a doozy.*
On Friday, Trump's former national security adviser pled guilty to lying to the FBI. That alone is a big deal, but the real bombshell was that Michael Flynn had agreed as part of a plea deal to work with the FBI in its investigation (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/michael-flynn-guilty-russia-investigation.html) into Russia's attempts to swing the 2016 U.S. election.
The next day, a tweet appeared about the news:
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 2, 2017 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/937007006526959618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/04/donald-trump-flynn-tweet-obstruction-legal-analysis/)
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Even for Donald Trump, this tweet was a doozy.*
On Friday, Trump's former national security adviser pled guilty to lying to the FBI. That alone is a big deal, but the real bombshell was that Michael Flynn had agreed as part of a plea deal to work with the FBI in its investigation (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/michael-flynn-guilty-russia-investigation.html) into Russia's attempts to swing the 2016 U.S. election.
The next day, a tweet appeared about the news:
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 2, 2017 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/937007006526959618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/04/donald-trump-flynn-tweet-obstruction-legal-analysis/)
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