Trump's Whopper of the Day

[mellincf]

Trump changed his story Saturday on why he fired Michael Flynn as his national security adviser, now suggesting he knew at the time that Flynn had lied to the FBI as well as to Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with Russians during the presidential transition.

It’s unclear now why Trump would cite lying to the FBI as a reason for firing Flynn. Doing so suggests the president knew at the time that Flynn had done something that is against the law, and therefore the investigation could not be as frivolous as he’s been portraying.

It’s also unclear how he would know that, if information about Russian contacts had not reached him, as he has been implying in his own defense.

White House officials did not respond to questions Saturday about Trump’s altered explanation as to why he fired Flynn.

Trump alters story on why he fired Flynn | PBS NewsHour (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-alters-story-on-why-he-fired-flynn)

[mellincf]

Trump tweeted today that he fired Flynn because Flynn lied to the FBI. So, Trump asked James Comey, the former director of the FBI, to drop an inquiry into a man Trump now says he knew lied to the bureau? “This tweet makes it clear that Trump knew at the time that he made his request to Comey to let the investigation go that Flynn had lied to the FBI, which is a criminal offense,” says Barbara McQuade, who until January served as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Obstruction of justice couldn't be clearer...right?

[Taltarzac725]

Trump tweeted today that he fired Flynn because Flynn lied to the FBI. So, Trump asked James Comey, the former director of the FBI, to drop an inquiry into a man Trump now says he knew lied to the bureau? “This tweet makes it clear that Trump knew at the time that he made his request to Comey to let the investigation go that Flynn had lied to the FBI, which is a criminal offense,” says Barbara McQuade, who until January served as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Obstruction of justice couldn't be clearer...right?

Kind of sounds like it.

[billethkid]

Would the negative inference of Trump changing his story be the equal to the almost daily announcements during the Obama years when the next day somebody in the WH always seam to be stating.......well that is not what he meant or he did not mean to say or what he meant to say was.......

except Obama's "changing" of his story never seemed to be called changing his story or even a..........story!!

Funny how that works!!!