Pr*sident Trump’s tweets have been a sight to behold. From playground insults tossed in the direction of North Korea’s Supreme Leader to lies about job growth, our very own orange Mussolini has sent out a treasure trove of half-demented remarks that are unPresidented. But his latest has taken the cake. And unlike those he has deleted for bad grammar or misspelling because nobody proofs them, the latest isn’t one that simple deletion will cure. Here’s Caroline Orr at ShareBlue:
Donald Trump may have just admitted to obstruction of justice — in a tweet.
Early Saturday afternoon, Trump took to Twitter and promptly blurted out that he knew former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements to the FBI, had lied to investigators while he was working in the White House. […]
As some savvy Twitter users, including a former Director of the Office of Public Affairs for the Department of Justice, Matthew Miller, quickly pointed out, Trump appears to have just implicated himself in an obstruction of justice case.
Miller wasn’t alone. Lawfare’s Susan Hennessey tweeted: