Hm. The White House Chief of Staff testified today that the President didn& #39;t reeeeally mean what he said about having declassified a bunch of Russia investigation documents. Meh, we& #39;ve been here before.

But this is fascinating (troubling?) in light of other news this week...1/4 https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1318578338563301377">https://twitter.com/bradheath...

Remember, the President - with the Justice Department behind him - is right now arguing in federal court that tweets about a woman who has accused him of raping her years ago are an "official act," because he sent them while he was in office. 2/4 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/nyregion/jean-carroll-trump-rape-lawsuit.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/1...

It& #39;s impossible to square how they& #39;re handling the E. Jean Carroll allegation with Meadows& #39;s testimony. Yes, there& #39;s lots of dishonesty from the President, but these two legal positions are totally at odds with each other. Put another way... 3/4

...essentially, when the president tweets and defames a woman and denies raping her, he& #39;s carrying out his official duties and untouchable. But when he tweets that he has declassified sensitive documents, that’s just Twitter. Huh? 4/4