Trump sides with House conservatives instead of his Justice Department

Rosenstein and top F.B.I. officials have come to suspect that some lawmakers were using their oversight authority to gain intelligence about that investigation so that it could be shared with the White House. https://t.co/sz9qAJgEJp

— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) May 3, 2018

Does the president have time for a deposition?

My recollection is that during the arguments in the Paula Jones case, when Clinton's lawyers argued the lawsuit would impinge on the President's ability to do his job, Justice Scalia said basically "well, I see him playing golf all the time – surely he has time for a deposition."

— Randall Eliason (@RDEliason) May 2, 2018

This would certainly apply to Trump too. Sad!

Giuliani shouldn’t have used the word “stormtroopers”

In all the excitement over all the things Giuliani said last night, his "stormtroopers" line was largely overlooked but is the one that grates most inside FBI and DoJ https://t.co/xmYzJaIRcd

— Devlin Barrett (@DevlinBarrett) May 3, 2018

I know the New York FBI. There are no “stormtroopers” there; just a group of people devoted to the rule of law and the truth. Our country would be better off if our leaders tried to be like them, rather than comparing them to Nazis.

— James Comey (@Comey) May 3, 2018

This echoes a comment that Trump lawyer Roy Cohn used in the early 1970s, when he said feds investigating racial bias were using "gestapo" tacitcs and were "descending upon the Trump offices with five stormtroopers.”

— Michael Kranish (@PostKranish) May 3, 2018

Putin and Trump

Bingo! Putin is showing a little leg. He’s reminding Donald how easily he could bring @POTUS down and is thereby adding to the evidence that our president is dangerously beholden to our major foreign adversary. https://t.co/jnl0IhKF9U

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) April 28, 2018

Another lie on Russia

Why do they keep lying if there’s nothing to hide?

Remember: Trump and allies have repeatedly claimed there was no follow-up to Trump Tower meeting with Russians https://t.co/nDwyM3PeFA

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 28, 2018

Protecting the findings of the Mueller investigation

A sealed indictment with a delayed trial eliminates all substantial objections to indicting a sitting president. https://t.co/UFPpBooeob

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) April 29, 2018

Trump on the Comey memos – a contradiction

This is a great point! You can’t have it both ways! Trump just lies and lies and doesn’t realize that his lies contradict each other.

If the memos were “fake” how could they have been classified? https://t.co/vnuw9Iji6O

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) April 26, 2018

Don’t forget that Trump gave classified information to the Russians

Trump keeps claiming that Comey leaked classified information.

Don’t forget that Trump gave classified information to the Russians.

The image of Trump and Sergey V. Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, was taken by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

No collusion? You can’t say that yet

Trump keeps insisting that it’s been proven there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia but you can’t say that yet. Read this analysis by Chris Cillizza.

Fox News poll on the Mueller investigation

Oh, also? More than half of Americans and *a fifth of Republicans* think it’s at least somewhat likely that Mueller will dig up impeachable or criminal offenses by Trump. https://t.co/X4I19kTnvE pic.twitter.com/skVO7uBwsv

— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 26, 2018