Hm. The White House Chief of Staff testified today that the President didn't reeeeally mean what he said about having declassified a bunch of Russia investigation documents. Meh, we've been here before.

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

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

It's impossible to square how they're handling the E. Jean Carroll allegation with Meadows's testimony. Yes, there'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'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