Did Trump just acknowledge (in a tweet, of course) that he told Comey to back off Michael Flynn?

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Did Trump just acknowledge (in a tweet, of course) that he told Comey to back off Michael Flynn?

By Amber Phillips June 9 at 12:36 PM

The president is tweeting, and perhaps tweeting himself to more trouble, about James B. Comey, the FBI director Trump fired in May.

In his second tweet before lunchtime Friday, Trump potentially undermined his private lawyer's statements refuting key parts of Comey's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee the day before.

Here's the tweet:



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In the Fox News article Trump retweeted, Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz argued that the president didn't obstruct justice in speaking with Comey about “letting go” of the FBI investigation into fired national security adviser Michael Flynn. Dershowitz said it's the president's prerogative to stop the FBI's various investigations. (That's one legal expert's opinion; the final decision will ultimately fall on special counsel Robert Mueller III.)

Trump just tweeted an argument of why it would be okay if he did tell Comey to back off the Flynn investigation. Is the president tacitly acknowledging that he did tell Comey to do that?

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[Kablooie]

1. The one thing Dershowitz doesn't consider in his defense of Trump...

He says the president has the prerogative to stop any FBI investigation.
Whether that's true or not I can't say but in this particular case there is one more element.

The FBI is under the Attorney General so if Trump wanted to stop an investigation he would have to bring it up with the AG who would then would direct the FBI to stand down.

In this case he didn't do this. He specifically asked the AG to leave the room before he talked to Comey.
This could only mean that he wanted the FBI to drop the case without informing the AG.

I seriously doubt presidential prerogative includes his giving orders to subordinate departments while keeping the senior department in the dark.

[Control-Z]

2. Even if the maggot can pardon Flynn

does anybody believe for one second that he gives a shit if Flynn ends up in jail? It is what Flynn knows about him that worries him. And what Flynn would be willing to share to stay out of jail. The maggot needs to stop the investigation to make sure nothing comes out. He's got no loyalty to Flynn. His loyalty is to himself. Once again he's covering his own ass.