In the Russia investigation, Trump's tweets could

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In the Russia investigation, Trump's tweets could bring him down

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Creep mueller now wants to go
down the twitter rabbit hole to go
after Trump.

What - either he is a jerk or he is a dem.

Neither, he's a decorated Marine combat veteran and he is a Republican confirmed by large majorities for all of his Gov. jobs.

So you combined, in your imitable fashion, slander and misinformation. good job!

Both, huh.

2 years of government money - oh he is a democrat.

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In the Russia investigation, Trump's tweets could bring him down



Mueller reportedly wants to question Trump about the intention of certain Tweets, particularly those about James Comey and Jeff Sessions. Mr. Trump, what was your intention when you called Sessions "weak" and Comey a "liar"?


Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump

As it has turned out, James Comey lied and leaked and totally protected Hillary Clinton. He was the best thing that ever happened to her!

The tweets may help paint a broader picture about President Trump's actions regarding the Russia investigation, and whether his firing of James Comey, and reported attempts to fire Jeff Sessions, constituted obstruction of justice.

The Times reports that the tweets are just one piece of a larger puzzle, but could help establish a pattern of behavior, and intent to commit a crime.

Trump's lawyer, the tooth-whitener-happy Rudy Giuliani, denied the claims of obstruction of justice to the Times, and rejected the idea that the tweets could be part of it — because they are so public.

“If you’re going to obstruct justice, you do it quietly and secretly, not in public,” Giuliani said.


But Twitter is Trump's forum of choice for influencing public opinion and even announcing policy, so the extremely public platform could play an unprecedented role.

President Trump has already gotten into legal trouble for his use of Twitter. In May, a judge ruled that it is illegal for Trump to block people on Twitter for disagreeing with them, because it violates their right to free speech in a government forum. Trump's tweets about the Muslim ban were also taken into consideration as it wound its way through the courts.

If Trump's tweets are fair game in the Mueller investigation, they should provide a huge amount of fodder for insight into Trump's motivations and obsessions. Whether Trump will sit down with Mueller to really explain what he meant during all of those early morning tweet storms remains to be seen.

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