Today's Trump Twitter Rant: Treasonous FBI & 'Why Didn't Anyone Warn Me About Michael Flynn?'

Donald Trump

Wrapping up a busy week on Twitter, Donald Trump used his Friday morning rant to again pretend that the FBI "broke the law" by investigating possible collusion between his presidential campaign and Russian operatives.

Clearly watching Fox News, he quoted a Fox New poll (ha!): "New Fox Poll: 58% of people say that the FBI broke the law in investigating Donald J. Trump."

New Fox Poll: 58% of people say that the FBI broke the law in investigating Donald J. Trump. @foxandfriends

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019

My Campaign for President was conclusively spied on. Nothing like this has ever happened in American Politics. A really bad situation. TREASON means long jail sentences, and this was TREASON!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019

And then, for good measure, tried to pretend that he was never warned about Michael Flynn.

From NBC News in May 2017:

Former President Obama warned President Donald Trump against hiring Mike Flynn as his national security adviser, three former Obama administration officials tell NBC News.

The warning, which has not been previously reported, came less than 48 hours after the November election when the two sat down for a 90-minute conversation in the Oval Office.

A senior Trump administration official acknowledged Monday that Obama raised the issue of Flynn, saying the former president made clear he was "not a fan of Michael Flynn."

According to all three former officials, Obama warned Trump against hiring Flynn. The Obama administration fired Flynn in 2014 from his position as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, largely because of mismanagement and temperament issues.

It now seems the General Flynn was under investigation long before was common knowledge. It would have been impossible for me to know this but, if that was the case, and with me being one of two people who would become president, why was I not told so that I could make a change?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019

Did he forget that Obama told him to his friggin face not to hire Flynn or are we all going to pretend like this didn’t happen? It happened. https://t.co/NMNtVI60ZF

— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) May 17, 2019

Donald Trump’s day so far:

- Goes fucking nuts after learning about Michael Flynn
- Claims his political adversaries committed “treason”
- Vows to put them all in prison
- Nice fantasy, bro
- Trump is going to prison for the rest of his miserable life
- It’s still only noon

— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) May 17, 2019

Never forget, Trump fired Flynn for lying 2 weeks after Trump fired Sally Yates for telling the truth.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) May 17, 2019

Sally Yates- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.

Barack Obama- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.

James Comey- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.

The cashier at Target- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.

Donald Trump- WHY DIDN’T ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT FLYNN?!?!

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) May 17, 2019