TRUMP: When Trump wants to say more on a subject than one tweet's 140-character content limit allows, he simply does what other Twitter users do: He writes more tweets about it. His demeanor, his responses and even his criticism of former Attorney General Loretta Lynch all were created to burnish his reputation and suggest that he'd been fired to cure a political headache for the Trump Administration. He has no idea whether Trump is or isn't under investigation by special prosecutor Robert Mueller.
Ten days ago, Trump once again dodged a question as to whether he did, as he hinted, tape conversations with the Federal Bureau of Investigation director, as he had suggested in a tweet shortly after sacking Comey. To make it more hard, Trump's statements threaten to undercut their work. "There's no reason to think he's going to listen to legal advice", Washington defense lawyer Peter Zeidenberg said.
Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel American Center for Law and Justice, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, before the House subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation hearing to investigate the Justice Department's investigation into the IRS abuse scandal.
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It's not that Trump is ignorant of the protocols and customs which rule the wink and nod environment of Washington, D.C. He's aware of them; he just doesn't give a damn about them.
Spicer also provided little guidance about whether Trump has Oval Office recordings of his conversations with Comey - a possibility that Trump had raised in a tweet last month.
The White House spent the day clarifying that the President was not confirming whether he was indeed under investigation, but rather was simply responding to the report.
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Rosenstein appointed Mueller to oversee the FBI investigation into alleged Russian meddling in last year's election and related matters.
But he contradicted himself on "Fox News Sunday", where he first told Fox News' Chris Wallace that Trump isn't being investigated, and later slipped and said he was - then conceded by saying he "read the mind" of the special prosecutor.
Pushing forward quickly on a high-profile investigation into the President's actions, especially one that could prompt Rosenstein's recusal, could bring even more unwanted attention to a probe that Trump and his allies have branded a "witch hunt".
What has been reported about whether Trump is under investigation? The source said investigators have sought information from Richard Ledgett, who recently retired as deputy NSA director and, the source said, had written a memo documenting an attempt from Trump urging Rogers to tamp down on the FBI's Russian Federation investigation. He had conversations with the President.
Rasmussen's methodology uses automated phone calls, which have a mixed track record of accuracy in election polling. All of it, instead, is exactly the sort of reaction you would expect from an innocent man, exasperated by the underhandedness of his political enemies.
Just as Trump called up to congratulate Narendra Modi after the BJP's thumping win in the Uttar Pradesh state elections - which was unprecedented, the White House backlash against H1B and Trump's anti-India rant during the U.S. pullout of the Paris climate deal are also uniquely Trumpian in terms of political strategy.
Mueller also was expected to meet sometime during the week with top members of the House of Represen-tatives' Intelligence Committee for a similar discussion.
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