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by Alberto Luperon | 5:40 pm, November 26th, 2017
President Donald Trumps public feud with CNN remains ongoing, and according to one former White House lawyer, its setting him up for legal failure at least two different ways. On Saturday, our Tweeter-in-Chief had blasted the outlet once again, saying it is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our Nation to the WORLD very poorly. Former White House lawyer Norm Eisen responded shortly after, saying this post undermined Trumps legal endeavors.
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Link to tweet
Trumps tweet invited poor optics for a couple of reasons.
One, the Department of Justice recently sued to stop a merger between AT&T and CNNs parent company, Time Warner. The government said they have a legit concern: That other cable providers would work at an unfair disadvantage because AT&T, owner of DirecTV, would leverage and possibly withhold Time Warners programming from competitors. The problem, however, is Trumps long-running feud with CNN. POTUS has gone out of his way in publicly trying to undermine the news outlet. The common concern is that the DOJs lawsuit is driven by Trumps dislike for the network. That would be illegal if true.
Then theres the whole collusion thing. POTUS tweet came on Saturday, the same day that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill allowing the Kremlin to identify foreign news outlets as foreign agents. This has been seen as a retaliatory move against the American government for making RT and Sputnik register as foreign agents. Trump, who is usually all-too-glad to fight in public, has been actively cordial with Putin despite allegations by U.S. intel officials that Moscow interfered in the 2016 election.
A special counsel is investigating whether the presidents campaign colluded in Russian interference efforts. Trump called the allegation a witch hunt by Democrats.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trumps-cnn-tweet-could-be-used-as-evidence-against-him-ex-white-house-lawyer-says/
spanone
(135,855 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,197 posts)Love it, so true.
Chipper Chat
(9,685 posts)Those of you who have raised chickens know what I mean.
Farmer-Rick
(10,197 posts)Pushing out shit like a chicken's butt explains it.
PJMcK
(22,039 posts)Throughout his life, Trump has lied every day. In his grifter business, that worked fine for him because there weren't any checks on his behavior. If anyone called him out, he'd simply lie some more.
Now, that all changes. Because he doesn't understand government, and he's incredibly stupid, he doesn't understand that every word he speaks or tweets is an official communication of the U.S. government. He cannot refute the words he has put on the record. His lies will continually catch up with him.
He's an idiot.
lame54
(35,302 posts)PJMcK
(22,039 posts)Lately, he's trying to suggest that the "Access Hollywood" tape wasn't really his voice. Yet there's video of him acknowledging his comments, referring to them as "locker room talk." Further, he sort of apologizes. That cannot be denied.
However, you are correct, lame54. Trump will deny he said the things we know he said. Simply, he's a fucking liar.
Plus, he's an idiot.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)But he is Teflon.
NotASurfer
(2,153 posts)Heat
BigmanPigman
(51,615 posts)He was the Teflon pres. The reason nothing stuck to him was his Alzheimer's memory so he got away with it.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)Died in prison. Something to remember about the current Teflon Don.
BumRushDaShow
(129,257 posts)Neither he nor Painter are holding back.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)Which he's really proud of, despite this not being a thing Presidents are supposed to do.