Trump admits he dictated lie about his son's meeting with a Russian lawyer, says it doesn't matter

[turbinetree]

The president claims it doesn't matter because the statement was made to "the phony New York Times."

ZACK FORD JUN 15, 2018, 11:58 AM

President Trump fielded a variety of questions from reporters on the White House lawn Friday morning, during which he broached the topic of his son, Donald Trump Jr., and a statement the younger Trump made to The New York Times about his meeting with Russian operatives during the campaign, which later turned out to be false.

Trump suggested that it didn’t matter if the statement — which he dictated — was true, because it was only a comment for a newspaper.

“It’s irrelevant! It’s a statement to The New York Times — the phony, failing New York Times,” he said. “That’s not a statement to a high tribunal of judges. That’s a statement to the phony New York Times. In fact, frankly, he shouldn’t even speak to The New York Times because they only write phony stories anyway!”

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-lied-in-statement-about-russian-meeting-224345b768e3/


So now the traitor has admitted to a crime................................throw him in jail.............yes it does matter.................

[Freethinker65]

1. Holy shit

[TheBlackAdder]

11. Besides the initial lie, didn't he and his admin issue lie after lie afterwards to cover those up?

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They were putting out a genesis of lies, evolving as the predecessor lies were shown as bogus.

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[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Doesn't matter, huh?

[BigmanPigman]

3. This is why he doesn't have any news conferences.

The last official one was the ONLY one and that was over a YEAR AGO! The reporters need to provoke him to get him more upset and incriminate himself even more than he already has. Today he told 19 lies in under an hour.

[Wwcd]

8. Imagine him face to face with Mueller!

"Today he told 19 lies in under an hour."


My new hastag. Thanks, BigmanPigman, I'll pass it along
#TodayHeToldNineteenLiesInUnderAnHour

[YessirAtsaFact]

4. Another admission of obstruction of justice

How many times does this assclown have to publicly admit this behavior before Congress does something?

Oh yeah, repugnant goons. Never mind...

[Codeine]

5. Weird, wild stuff.

[Wwcd]

6. He's losing it!

[Stallion]

7. Yeah Unfortunately DUMBASS-You Can Obstruct Justice Even if You ARE NOT Under Oath

DUMBASS is talking about perjury

Geez no attorney in his right mind would let him be interviewed

[Solly Mack]

9. Well, that would be the expected progression to the Trump-speak of "Fake news".

It's all fake, so it doesn't matter what I say anyway.

And his cult followers will buy unto it.

It's OK to lie and to admit anything - as long as you do so to "fake news".

Admissions of guilt or wrong-doing can't be held against him as long as he says it to "fake news".

[DFW]

10. Wake up. He MEANT it when he said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave. in broad daylight

And still not lose (Republicansese: "loose" )a vote. He also thinks he cannot do wrong, and cannot be held accountable for ANYTHING.

[Kaleva]

12. History is full of people who thought that right to moment of their demise.

Recent examples:

Muammar Gaddafi

Saddam Hussein-defiant right to when his neck was broke by hanging.

Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena

[DFW]

14. That is true enough

Especially the Ceauşescu couple. They seemed to think they could give a cease a desist order right up until the firing squad opened fire.

[Danascot]

13. I'm perfectly willing

to let a jury deceide whether it matters or not.

[VOX]

15. Trump "logic": It doesn't matter what I say, it's who I say it to that counts.

45 has two settings: 1) Incredibly Ignorant, and 2) Ragingly Ignorant. This gem was emitted on the #2 setting.

[Nevernose]

16. Of COURSE they write phony stories

He should know, since he’s the one giving them the lies to spread.

This is completely insane.

[Garrett78]

17. With the GOP going along for the ride, maybe nothing he does or says matters.