Last night, news broke that Special Counsel Robert Mueller was looking into President Donald Trump for possibly committing obstruction of justice.
The report by the Washington Post stated that Mueller’s team was slated to interview two members of Trump’s national security team who both claim the president asked them to issue statements saying that stories of collusion between the Russian government and the Trump campaign were nonsense. It’s a stance the president has repeatedly publicly stated, and one he reiterated this morning on Twitter.
They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2017
Trump’s statement also comes on the heels of Attorney General Jeff Sessions‘ testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Sessions called the matter an “appalling” set of lies, but he also refused to reveal contents of conversations he had with Trump that could have shed light on whether Trump intended to obstruct justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey.
An hour after the “nice” tweet, Trump continued to reiterate his stance that the investigation was a farce, tweeting again that it was a “witch hunt.”
You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history – led by some very bad and conflicted people! #MAGA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2017
It was the earlier tweet, however, that had the internet questioning Trump after he concluded his tweet with a word lifted straight from web lexicon.
Is it internet legal for Trump to say "nice" without a 69 in there somewhere?
— RM Cooper (@RFCapsMoustache) June 15, 2017
Trump was about to hit tweet then he saw the number 69😂😂 https://t.co/AKNOpGZl2j
— Tiqué (@TK21__) June 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/jrdnvns/status/875318498175660032
https://twitter.com/cheersinnit/status/875320294801584128
Talk about high crimes and misdemeanors.