The Department of Justice is simultaneously (i) arguing in court that tweets from @realdonaldtrump are not official presidential statements and (ii) assigning matters to US Attorneys as a policy response to tweets from @realdonaldtrump. pic.twitter.com/sBz4vc5KwJ— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 9, 2018
Uh-OMFG...
F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump's Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen https://t.co/Zxy9I7oZaF— Chris Sampson (@TAPSTRIMEDIA) April 9, 2018
It's my understanding that government doesn't raid the offices of any lawyer lightly. The layers of bureaucratic approval that a raid of THE SITTING PRESIDENT'S LAWYER must have gone through simply boggles my mind. https://t.co/WjjZm69BsZ— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 9, 2018
Nifty detail: Mueller's team did not do this. SDNY did.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 9, 2018
Presumably meaning unconfirmed Trump interim US Attorney Geoffrey Berman approved it.
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