Trump's lawyer just impersonated the President and faked an official statement of the US government. [View all]

[DetlefK]

Last edited Sun Dec 3, 2017, 11:09 AM - Edit history (1)

So... John Dowd issued a statement. On the Twitter-account of the President of the United States. That very same Twitter-account about which WH-spokesperson Sean Spicer had said that the tweets count as official statements of President Donald Trump.
http://time.com/4808270/sean-spicer-donald-trump-twitter-statements/

How is this okay?

John Dowd wrote that tweet from a first-person-perspective, claiming to be the owner of the account, President Donald Trump.

Help me out here:
Is it legal or is it illegal to impersonate the President of the United States with the aim to issue a faked government-statement?



https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/2/1720608/-How-many-people-are-authorized-to-pretend-to-be-the-president-Public-has-a-right-to-know


EDIT:
I think, this OP came out wrong. It is highly unlikely that Dowd wrote that tweet because the tweet said "pled" instead of "pleaded", a mistake an attorney would not make.

Anyways: Either Trump admitted to obstruction of justice or his lawyer should go to jail for falsifying a government-statement. These are the options.