President Donald Trump on Friday night defended his new acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as a “highly respected U.S. Attorney” while still insisting that he “did not know” Whitaker.
Matthew G. Whitaker is a highly respected former U.S. Attorney from Iowa. He was chosen by Jeff Sessions to be his Chief of Staff. I did not know Mr. Whitaker. Likewise, as Chief, I did not know Mr. Whitaker except primarily as he traveled with A.G. Sessions. No social contact…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2018
Soon after Whitaker was announced as former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ temporary replacement, he came under scrutiny for his criticism against Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.
Then reports came out detailing his involvement with a scam company that was shut down by the Federal Trade Commission and is now under FBI investigation, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Whitaker also may have violated the terms of his right-wing group’s tax exemption status when he repeatedly criticized Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Trump told reporters on Friday morning, “I don’t know Matthew Whitaker,” directly contradicting himself after he told Fox and Friends last month, “I mean, I know Matt Whitaker.”
Now the President seems to be hedging between the two claims by stating he “did not know” Whitaker “except primarily as he traveled with A.G. Sessions” when he served as Sessions’ chief of staff.
“No social contact,” Trump insisted about the man he previously described as a “great guy.”
They say memory is the second thing to go, DOTUS. Right after the mushroom tip, or in your case I guess mushroom is the whole thing. But hey thanks for the Sublime memories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dA8YqRb7jQTrump’s moonwalking faster than Michael Jackson.
There’s not one shred of truth in it!
(With the possible exception of “No social contact,” which even if true is irrelevant.)
Donnie continues to lie with such ease.
The Trump Show is taking brutal blows. The president’s lying about his lies is now so mundane that it has become white noise. Macron finds Trump’s confusions vaguely amusing, but lacking in any killer punchlines. Trump is fading away before our eyes.