Tries to clean up trumps tweet, saying he knew general flynn lied to the fbi when he urged thenfbi director jim comey to drop the investigation into flynn. The president s tweet raising serious questions about whether the president obstructed justice. Heres Sarah Sanders late today. Look, the president knew that he lied to the Vice President. That was the reason for his firing. The problem is, that is not at all what the president tweeted four days ago when he fired off this tweet. Quote, i had to Fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. The white house has made it very clear, President Trumps tweets are, quote, official statements by the president of the United States. No matter who might draft, tweak, or actually type them. In this case, lawyer john dowd, the first person ever to take the blame for a president ial tweet. Trumps tweet and Sarah Sanders explanation simply are not the same. They contradict each other. They also dont match cnns reporting. A s
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Joining us now intelligence and National Security reporter for nbc news, politics editor at theroot. Com and former Chief Adviser or al gore and a former senior aid to president obama. When a trump tweet ends with National Disgrace, a tweet that includes a misspelling by the president , it reminds me of the days when misspelling was a National Disgrace when done by the Vice President of the United States, dan quayle on the word potato, days that no one can really remember at this point. Here is the president and the only reason i read the tweet is to note the level of hysteria, which increases in direct proportion, it appears, to just how disturbed the president is by the news hes reading or being read to him in the New York Times. Lawrence, you can almost say he was unhinged. You could, yes. By the way he seems to be
responding to these things. I have to say i have been avoiding that word sin
statement on truth social before the arraignment saying it is a great honour because i have been arrested for you, speaking to his supporters. what do you make of the support is been able to garner from these indictments? it is been able to garner from these indictments?- is been able to garner from these indictments? it is a sad thin to these indictments? it is a sad thing to see these indictments? it is a sad thing to see abraham - these indictments? it is a sad| thing to see abraham lincoln s party reduced to and on site rotarian cult of personality. lincoln s party was in and i slavery pre freedom and high pro immigrant and i know nothing pro immigrant party that has been reduced to conspiracy theories and hatreds against different groups in the country and donald trump exercises autocratic power over that party. that is a sad thing. but the vast majority of australians rejected, remember, joe biden defeated donald trump ijy joe biden defeated donald trump by 7 million vote