Chris Hayes: Trump ‘Once Again Appeared To Implicate Himself’ in Obstruction of Justice

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HAYES: "Good evening from New York. I’m Chris Hayes. Tonight the White House is scrambling to counter the growing evidence the president of the United States committed obstruction of justice. After the president once again appeared to implicate himself in just such a crime. This, as his lawyers say the president is above the law when it comes to obstruction, the same defense Richard Nixon infamously used in the wake of watergate. The trigger this time, Friday’s explosive news that president Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn had plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. On Saturday, the president responded to the Flynn news with this, quote. I had to fire general Flynn because he lied to the vice president and the FBI. He has plead guilty to the lies. It is a shame because the actions during the transition were lawful there is nothing to hide. That tweet caused a major uproar, and good reason. Think about it. You had the president saying he fired Flynn for lying to the FBI. Which means when trump fired Flynn, he knew Flynn had committed a serious crime. And yet the president went on to pressure former FBI director James Comey to drop his investigation into Flynn, according to the testimony Comey gave under oath, which for the record trump disputes. Obstruction of justice just doesn’t get much clearer than that. But trump lawyer John dowd had an explanation for the president’s statement. Trump didn’t write the tweet."