tRump's claim that he wrote all of his own answers to Mueller could lead to a felony pejury charge

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Trump’s Claim That He Wrote His Own Answers To Mueller Could Get Him Locked Up - PoliticusUSA

Trump is currently under House investigation for potentially lying to Mueller about discussions with Roger Stone about Wikileaks during the 2016 campaign.

It was just about a year ago that Trump said, ”I write the answers. I write answers. I was asked a series of questions. I have asked them very easily. Very easily. I’m sure they’re tripped up because they like to catch people, gee, was the weather sunny or raining? He said it may have been a good it was rainy and told a lie. He perjured himself. Okay? You have to be careful answering questions with people that probably have bad intentions but no. The questions were very routinely answered by me. By me. Okay?”

Link to tweet

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1. K&R...

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. I wish I could believe he will ever be locked up.

But I'm firmly in the "believe it when I see it" camp.

[yonder]

3. Beside the obvious lie, it's an unfortunate glimpse into his sick, self-centered mind:

"...The questions were very routinely answered by me. By me. Okay?”

But if he wants to claim authorship, I'd love to see him hoisted by his own petard(s).

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4. Usually there's some kind of sworn statement verification

Even if the lawyers helped and advised Trump, there's almost always a sworn verification page that Trump himself has to sign (often notarized) saying something to the effect that he has read all the foregoing answers, knows the contents of those answers, and that those answers are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.

Freelancing or going off the script isn't a good idea, but I'm not sure Trump's very good brain knows how to process that anymore.