Donald Trump isn’t tweeting about the Comey hearing (yet), but his son is
Despite reports that President Donald Trump might use Twitter to respond during the blockbuster James Comey hearing Thursday, the president’s account remained silent two hours into the former FBI director’s testimony.
His oldest son’s account, however, was not.
From nearly the beginning of the hearing, Donald Trump Jr. consistently provided realtime pushback against Comey’s testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Among several lines of criticism concurrent with previously released Republican talking points, Trump Jr. made a point rebuffing the notion that his father may have obstructed justice with regards to the FBI’s investigation into former advisor Michael Flynn’s contacts with Russia.
According to Comey’s written testimony, Trump told him, “I hope you can let this go,” which the then-FBI director said Thursday he took as “a direction.”
Trump Jr. disagreed.
1/3 Flynn stuff is BS in context 2 guys talking about a guy they both know well. I hear “I hope nothing happens but you have to do your job”
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 8, 2017
2/3 very far from any kind of coercion or influence and certainly not obstruction!
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 8, 2017
3/3 Knowing my father for 39 years when he “orders or tells” you to do something there is no ambiguity, you will know exactly what he means
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 8, 2017
Hoping and telling are two very different things, you would think that a guy like Comey would know that. #givemeabreak
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 8, 2017
Legal experts have provided differing interpretations of the legal definition of obstruction of justice. Comey said Thursday that he expects independent special counsel Robert Mueller would assess whether Trump obstructed justice.
