"If John Dowd actually wrote that tweet he should be fired. That's stunning legal malpractice."
- @RepTedLieu tells me, adding that even if it was Dowd, by it appearing on the president's account, "you've just owned it. So it doesn't even absolve Donald Trump."
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- "Wait, Mariana, before you get reporting. Is that somebody kite surfing behind you?" People are still on the beach as #HurricaneIrma nears.
00:00 - "We're seeing the President of the United States commit obstruction of justice in plain view," @RepTedLieu asserts about the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling.
- "His security clearance needs to be suspended now." @RepTedLieu tells me about Jared Kushner in the wake of private email use scandal
- .@RepTedLieu said, "What makes America great is that the President doesn't get to decide if this is a witch hunt—law enforcement decides."
00:00 - "If John Dowd actually wrote that tweet, he should be fired. That's stunning legal malpractice." Clip of @RepTedLieu's response to @POTUS lawyer John Dowd claiming responsibility for @realDonaldTrump's tweet about #MichaelFlynn yesterday.
00:00 - "I'm a former prosecutor and you wouldn't do a plea agreement with someone as big as Michael Flynn in order to get information on people in lower levels." - @RepTedLieu tells me about Flynn plea deal with Robert Mueller
- Remarkable statement from @RepTedLieu: President Trump’s response to Mueller indictment shows “consciousness of guilt” Watch our interview in full:
- "The fact that foreign countries are even considering cooperating with the FBI—cooperating with Mueller—on this investigation into Jared Kushner adds a completely new dimension to this investigation that we have not seen before." @NatashaBertrand on Qatari response to Kushner.
00:00 - NBC's @mayaharris_ just told me, "there are families still grieving" b/c of deaths from police treatment similar to what Trump encouraged.
- "So yes, I would consider funding for the wall if that's the ransom President Trump wants." @RepTedLieu tells me after recalling a protest sign at the Women's March indicating the new political generation would tear down any wall that Trump was able to build.
- "I think the best way to deal with this is to ignore him." Stoneman Douglas senior Emma Gonzalez on POTUS tweet relating Parkland shooting to Russia probe

