Why did the trump lie about Russia in his tweet today?

[kentuck]

He said he didn't fire Comey because of the Russia investigation. Why did he lie about that? Everybody knows there is a record of him saying the exact opposite.

Perhaps he is taking the "obstruction of justice" charges more seriously?

So now, he can address his supporters in a week or two and tell them that he said he had never had anything to do with the Russians?

If people get too hot on the trail of your lies, simply change the lies?

Some people will believe anything.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Because that's what he does.

And his trolls and cult members will believe him, even despite the Lester Holt interview.

[jberryhill]

4. Ah, but you are not taking the larger view

Let's say that I'm accused of robbing a bank.

Now, if I say, "Okay, I robbed the bank" one time, and then say, "I didn't rob the bank" a thousand times, well... that's like a 1000 times more evidence that I didn't do it than if I did do it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Oooohhh! Of course!

Spanky is so clever, isn't he?

[jberryhill]

13. Didn't you learn about the preponderance of evidence?

Look, you got one video of me holding up a bank. But I got hundreds of videos of me not robbing a bank.

The weight of the evidence is strongly in my favor.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Have you stealthily joined Spanky's legal team?

Because that definitely seems like their totally brilliant strategy.

[kentuck]

6. And not admitting to anything proves he is innocent...

As his press secretary once said.

[Dave Starsky]

7. And the media will replay the denial...

And not his own admission over and over and over again.

You would think in a day and age where anyone can fact-check anything instantly, lies like this would be almost impossible to pull off. But it's tough when you have a complicit news media operating 24/7 to prop his fat ass up.

[RockaFowler]

8. Not this time

Even Brit Hume from FOX news called him out

Link to tweet

I know I was shocked, too

[tblue37]

12. Mike Lee did respond to a video of the Lester Holt video by denying the Comey firing

was about Russia. He still insisted it was about Comey's mistreatment of Hillary.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Maybe he thinks we--all of us, including Robert Mueller--weren't paying attention before.

And the fact that he tweets it will automatically make it true.

I dunno. He's weird.

[YessirAtsaFact]

3. He's a pathological liar

And his base will believe him regardless

[malaise]

9. The McCabe memo?

And it was sent to Mueller

[kentuck]

10. I imagine that might have him a little worried?

Coupled with the information that Jeff Sessions has passed on to Mueller.

It was interesting to see that the trump had called Sessions over to the White House yesterday? We can only imagine the conversation between the two.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

11. Bob Mueller is listening and has the proof.....

That Jim Comey was indeed fired over Russia.

[rurallib]

15. Setting up his mental incompetency plea?

not sure if that is the right phrase. He is crazy so therefore he is incapable of understanding the law.

That will be coupled with a plea that he couldn't get justice because his lawyers were incompetent. Couple of sentences from Giuliani should convince any judge of that.