President Trump has spent over a year insisting “no collusion,” but recently he has expanded his opposition to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe to include obstruction of justice.
Thursday morning Trump posted a defiant tweet designed to make his base support him not testifying before Mueller.
“There was no Collusion (it is a Hoax) and there is no Obstruction of Justice (that is a setup & trap),” Trump tweeted. “What there is is Negotiations going on with North Korea over Nuclear War, Negotiations going on with China over Trade Deficits, Negotiations on NAFTA, and much more. Witch Hunt! ”
On Wednesday, Trump posted this falsehood:
That’s incorrect. There easily can be obstruction of justice even if the underlying investigation determines no other crime was committed.
Bottom line: as this CNN reporter says, “Trump’s legal team is bracing for the dramatic possibility that Mueller would subpoena the President.”
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