Trump is way out of line by claiming the op-ed threatened national security and urging the Justice Department to investigate.
That would be an abuse of power, because there is no evidence that the author of the op-ed violated the law, as I discussed in @POLITICOMag: https://t.co/Aoawf78ZpM https://t.co/13OBDrsBsn
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 7, 2018
Statement from @nytimes: pic.twitter.com/mqKoSUeGKx
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) September 7, 2018
Unbelievable split-screen moment: TRUMP just told reporters he wants the Justice Department to investigate who wrote the anti-Trump op-ed in the NY Times. Meanwhile, OBAMA just condemned those who "pressure the attorney general or the FBI" to punish their political opponents.
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) September 7, 2018
President Trump says he wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate and uncover the identity of the senior administration official who penned an anonymous op-ed in The New York Times this week https://t.co/I4q5f1ol0H pic.twitter.com/dXDEhUsDk4
— CNN (@CNN) September 7, 2018