How ironic that Donald
Trump’s obsessive effort to clear himself of the Russian problem has now led
him to be investigated for obstruction of justice.
In the May 9th letter
firing of FBI Director James Comey, Trump added the incongruous line “while I
greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I’m not
under investigation…” And at the conclusion of Comey’s Senate testimony on June
8th, Trump tweeted “total and complete vindication,” which his
private lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, expanded on: “The President was not under
investigations as part of any probe into Russian interference.”
Unfortunately, the
President now admits that indeed he is under investigation and for obstruction.
Trump’s attorney suggests Trump’s tweets should be ignored as to their factual
basis and be treated as expression of sentiment and mental state. But his
tweets are driving the media and may be admissible against interest. As the
spate of Watergate retrospectives remind us (45-year anniversary), President
Nixon had his tapes, which he thought would protect him and help his memoirs.
Trump has his tweets, which he believes are essential to correct the media,
tell his version of reality and attack his opponents.
But both tapes and
tweets were the essential fuel for much of the media coverage and, as in the
case of Nixon, the smoking gun for his resignation. More irony.
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