2 00 p. M. In washington where today the president s lawyers are scrambling to clarify his tweets. It is unusual since the president s lawyers dont respond so quickly to clarify anything, he says, which makes you wonder if the tweet in question got them worried. In a series of official president ial statements, remember the white house has called his tweets official statements, trump called the russia probe a disgrace to the usa and seemed to demand his Attorney General put an end to it. Quote, Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. As reported in the New York Times last week, Special Counsel Rocky Mountain is keepi m rob Robert Mueller is keeping an eye on the president s twitter. No, say the president s lawyers. Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Clinton campaign, and the indictment of 13 russians and three entities who allegedly used a Sophi
other ex ortations that are taken as a show that it should be shut down. but you just look at this statement in isolation. it reads, it quacks, it walks like a command. it s a command. there are a couple other tweets that we re told could be problematic for donald trump. they are a couple of old tweets. there is one from december 2nd, 2017. 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. interesting those actions were lawful. there was nothing to hide. another tweet. this is april 2018. trump appears to have knowledge that the actions some have construed as potential obstruction of justice are examples of fighting back. doing things that nobody thought possible despite the never ending and corrupt russia