For those who are blissfully ignoring our country being torn apart at its seams, last night brought one of the biggest revelations of Donald Trump‘s presidency—that he allegedly asked former FBI director James Comey to drop his investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn‘s ties to Russia before firing Comey.
The White House adamantly denied this version of events when the story broke.
“While the president has repeatedly expressed his view that General Flynn is a decent man who served and protected our country, the president has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn,” the White House said in a statement.
This morning on Twitter, though, Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. appeared to confirm some veracity to the story, retweeting Geraldo Rivera’s statement that Trump did no wrong in his reported conversation with Comey, saying only, “Truth.”
News Flash, @realDonaldTrump hoping @JamesComeyFBI cuts @MikeFlynn some slack because he is a 'good man' is not close to #Obstruction
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) May 17, 2017
Truth. https://t.co/g63Our339Z
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 17, 2017
Whether he was confirming it or saying an implied “even if” isn’t clear, but that didn’t stop Twitter, who is no fan of DJT Jr., from ripping him to shreds.
So…. you’re saying the memo exists. https://t.co/7QJ7TCmC2q
— Jane Coaston 🏔️ (@janecoaston) May 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/864852386250203136
But it never happened so I'm confused 🤔😒 https://t.co/uzvIVMRCeH
— Who? Me. (@BTwe1ve2) May 17, 2017
Further confirmation that Trump pressured Comey to shut down the Flynn probe. The Trump clan is in very bad need of some new lawyers asap. https://t.co/Eq8guVvTMP
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) May 17, 2017
how long till Don Jr. claims he was hacked (by Seth Rich, or something) https://t.co/IoE8nrgsuG
— alec (@alecjacobs) May 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/JamieGump/status/864851180614234113
When my wife was a criminal defense atty, I would marvel at how her clients wouldn't follow her advice to STFU. https://t.co/R2WnYRMbq5
— David Burbach (also @dburbach Bluesky) (@dburbach) May 17, 2017
Apparently we’re moving from “It didn’t happen” to “OK, it happened but it was totally cool,” right on schedule. https://t.co/Vwq1myOV3a
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) May 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/864849657826037760
As more than one person noted, President Trump has a tendency to contradict his own staff on Twitter in the morning.
Just this time, it was the son.
I said Trump will confirm the story on Twitter tomorrow morning. I didn't say which Trump… https://t.co/y3mGe6Cg5c
— Drew Waxman (@DrewWaxman) May 17, 2017
Update 10:22am CT, May 17: In response to the kerfulle, Trump Jr. denied he was confirming the existence of the Comey memo, saying he was only speaking about “if” it was true.
Give me a break. Me agreeing with someone's interpretation of a theory does nothing of the sort. You're trying way to hard. https://t.co/znVhc5FhWd
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 17, 2017