Trump falsely claims Lester Holt 'got caught' faking interview where he admitted to firing Comey...

[DonViejo]

Trump falsely claims NBC’s Lester Holt ‘got caught’ faking interview where he admitted to firing Comey over Russia

BRAD REED
30 AUG 2018 AT 07:09 ET

President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a bizarre tweet in which he accused NBC’s Lester Holt of “fudging” an interview in which the president admitted he fired former FBI Director James Comey over the Russia investigation.

Link to tweet

During an interview with Holt in 2017, Trump said of his decision to fire Comey, “when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, ‘You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story, it’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won.'”

Since Trump admitted to having the Russia probe on his mind when he fired Comey, many legal analysts have said that this could be used as evidence against him in an obstruction of justice charge.

Trump offered no evidence that Holt actually “fudged” this section of their discussion and it’s unclear why the president believes that Holt did anything to alter the contents of their conversation.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/trump-falsely-claims-nbcs-lester-holt-got-caught-faking-interview-admitted-firing-comey-russia/

[JimGinPA]

1. Believe tRump...

Don't believe your lying eyes & ears.

[uponit7771]

2. Sounds like that admission is hurting him with his base so he hands them an excuse to believe him

... I've observed during his KKKlan rallies that mentions of Putin have not been taken well also.

Looks like Red Don's ties to Putin or his obstruction of the Mueller investigation on what Putin green lighted during the election is Red Don's weak underbelly with his base.

Wish we had some coordinated message on that precise point.

[Achilleaze]

3. lies lies lies lies lies (R)

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[Squinch]

4. Wow. He is the dumbest, craziest, lying-est, most pathetic slob I've ever seen.

[Docreed2003]

9. Amen!

[Cirque du So-What]

5. I haven't seen recent polls on this

but I recall that Lester Holt always ranked highly. I hope NBC pushes back forcefully, especially when a well-respected journalist is attacked.

[jcgoldie]

11. I think there's something about Lester Holt that might make him a convenient scapegoat for Trumpers.

Can't quite put my finger on what it is...

[nolabear]

18. Hmmmmmm...but he's so articulate.

[whopis01]

20. I'm surprised trump didn't accuse him of monkeying with the interview n/t

[gratuitous]

6. You know what might clear up some of this confusion? A press conference

One where the answers take up more than 280 characters and follow-up questions that go to any ambiguity or word salad answers.

Why aren't the media clamoring for this? They obsessed over the frequency of press conferences during the Obama administration, and the Washington Post even posted a running clock when Candidate Clinton didn't hold full-blown press conferences during the campaign often enough to suit them. Now President Trump is attacking media credibility and professionalism; are you going to stand up for yourselves, ABC, CBS, NBC? If not you, who?

[Mr. Ected]

17. THIS!

The media needs to cease publicizing and reporting Trump's tweets, and insist that these points in a democratic society need to be aired in public, with the opportunity for follow-up questioning by the press.

That would, of course, defeat the purpose of the tweets, but without the publicity, his audience is limited substantially.

[eShirl]

7. Fudged it, how? When and by whom was he "caught?"

Sure looked like Trump running his mouth, being his own worst enemy as usual.

[DrDan]

8. just feeding "fake news" to his cultists for their talking points

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Beat Me To It, Dan

That's all this is. The people most willing to believe the nonsense was the target audience.

[colinmom71]

12. NBC's response should be to publish the entire interview....

Raw and unedited, from set-up to equipment breakdown. Show that there was no need to “fudge”.

And considering the alleged “pee tape”, I’m not sure if Trump wants to use the words fudging, my tape, and Russia in the same sentence.

[Leghorn21]

13. "Lester Holt" is trending at #3!! Go Lester! - and Rep. Ted Lieu says,

As a former prosecutor, I know that when defendants
make incriminating admissions on tape, they often
argue the tape was fudged. They invariably lose because
people trust their eyes & ears. The Lester Holt interview
with @POTUS has been online since May 2017. Watch it.

Link to tweet

[Garrett78]

14. What's so maddening is that this tactic works.

False claims take hold in the public consciousness. Obviously many know he's lying, but his base and others will accept what he's saying as true.

Facts backfire: http://archive.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/

[lagomorph777]

19. Not the general public. Only Turd's gullible Deplorables.

[Garrett78]

21. There will inevitably be non-deplorables who believe the lie.

Read the article about how facts backfire. It's sobering.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. How do you know when Trump is lying?

His lips are moving.

[TeamPooka]

16. He has said the Acccess Hollywood tape is a fake too, after apologizing for what he said on it.

what a lying sack of shit he is.

[VOX]

22. King Asshole just can't catch a break, y'know? EVERYBODY'S out to get him!

To Trump, I bestow the singular honor of being the biggest snowflake-crybaby on the planet. He sobs, moans, grumbles, whines, pesters, nags, obsesses, and rattles on about shit that no other president has.

Imagine having to BE Trump-- it'd be a terrible curse, having to drag all that blubber around, and say shit that's just... shit, full of bitterness and bile. You'd have no genuine friends (who could stand being around you?), your marriage is hollow and meaningless. And your mind is fraying around the edges. He's such a deep-dish asshole that he probably can't stand it himself.

More reasons to jettison this deadweight ASAP.