The top ethics lawyer in former President George W. Bush's administration said President Trump Donald John TrumpHouse Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for ‘serious case of amnesia’ after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don’t want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE is making special counsel Robert Mueller's job easier with his attacks on FBI officials.
"Using Twitter on Christmas Eve to intimidate a witness (McCabe) in a criminal investigation is not a very Christian way to celebrate the holiday," Richard Painter tweeted Sunday. "But it does make Mr. Mueller’s job easier and that’s a nice thing to do. Merry Christmas!"
Using Twitter on Christmas Eve to intimidate a witness (McCabe) in a criminal investigation is not a very Christian way to celebrate the holiday. But it does make Mr. Mueller’s job easier and that’s a nice thing to do. Merry Christmas! — Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) December 24, 2017
His tweet comes after Trump lashed out this weekend at top FBI officials in his latest stream of criticism of the nation's law enforcement agency.
On Saturday, Trump swiped at multiple agency officials in a string of tweets, in which he suggested FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe may have been compromised by political donations and ripped former FBI Director James Comey as a leaker.
“FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!” Trump tweeted Saturday.
Mueller is conducting an investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. The investigation is wide-ranging and Trump's critics hope it will lead to obstruction of justice charges for the president.
Trump has called the Russia probe a witch hunt and has denied collusion between his campaign and Russia.
Trump and the White House have also repeatedly denied the president is considering firing Mueller, amid public speculation.
Shitgenstein on December 25th, 2017 at 21:01 UTC »
If you're innocent and halfway smart, you comply as fully as you can with an investigation. It's the difference between the first hurdle of an administration and an albatross around your neck for the duration of your presidency. If you refuse to comply, you give ammunition to your political enemies to keep it alive, you give tacit endorsement - inadvertently or not - for loyal staff to lie under oath, you potentially open yourself to charges of obstruction, and pretty much admit to the electorate that you have something to hide.
Instead, you get out in front of it, you give no one any reasonable excuse to paint you as hiding anything, you make sure the investigation concludes with bipartisan agreement so that you get it behind you. If you play your cards right, you may even get a bump in your approval.
But that's if you're innocent and halfway smart, not President Donald J. Trump.
demunted on December 25th, 2017 at 20:23 UTC »
Ahh yes Mr president, where else shouldn't we look as it would clearly be a waste of our time?
BigHouseMaiden on December 25th, 2017 at 19:02 UTC »
What about his co-conspirators?
*Sitting Congressmen on and off intelligence committee working to discredit Mueller?
*Fox news which is a de facto arm of Whitehouse communications?
*The RNC which just like the (hacked emails 2016) is willing to coordinate messaging and spread fake news in hopes of discrediting Mueller?