Trump proved that he is own worst enemy by going on a Twitter tirade against his own attorney general even though Special Counsel Robert Mueller is already investigating him for trying to obstruct justice through Jeff Sessions.
Trump tweeted:
Rep.Trey Gowdy, “I don’t think so, I think what the President is doing is expressing frustration that Attorney General Sessions should have shared these reasons for recusal before he took the job, not afterward. If I were the President and I picked someone to be the country’s….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
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….chief law enforcement officer, and they told me later, ‘oh by the way I’m not going to be able to participate in the most important case in the office, I would be frustrated too…and that’s how I read that – Senator Sessions, why didn’t you tell me before I picked you…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
….There are lots of really good lawyers in the country, he could have picked somebody else!†And I wish I did!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
The Special Counsel is literally investigating Trump for his pressure on Sessions right now
Robert Mueller is already investigating Trump for his attempts to pressure Sessions to secretly oversee the Russia investigation or resign. It is absolute insanity for Trump to take to Twitter and suggest that Sessions was a mistake and that he wished he would have picked someone else to be his attorney general. Somebody who would have meddled in the Russia investigation, in the same way that Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) interfered in the House Intelligence Committee Russia investigated even though he also was supposed to be recused.
Trump is handing Mueller the evidence that he needs to report that the president obstructed justice on a silver platter. With no adults left in the White House to tell him no, Trump is on a spiral of self-destruction that will result in the end of his presidency.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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