So Trump blatantly lied to the American people this weekend saying he "didn't know" anything

[anneboleyn]

about Flynn. He blatantly lied. A huge, direct lie.

[pbmus]

1. Liar in chief...

[PJMcK]

2. You're shocked?!

Donald Trump always lies. Every time he opens his mouth. It's demonstrable that he lies more than 75% of the time.

He is the most corrupt person in our culture. It saddens and scares me that he has become the president.

[riversedge]

3. Trump has been lying about this issue for about 3 weeks IMHO

[Phoenix61]

4. Well, his lips were moving

so it's really not a surprise. I can only imagine the panic phone calls as the repubs try to figure out how to save their collective asses.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I'm shocked, shocked, to find that lying is going on in this White House!

[dchill]

6. So, basically, he's still in campaign mode.

IOW, yes, a huge, blatant lie. Business as usual.

[jmg257]

7. Once he asked what "reports" he was being asked about, the press helped him out

by saying "a WaPO report". Unfortunately the press didn't know about Yates yet.

[Ms. Toad]

8. Only if he actually knew - and I have not yet seen anyone connect those dots.

Not excusing the whole mess - just wanting us to be careful about the facts.

[etherealtruth]

9. In 45's defense ....

He truly is not very bright ... I suspect someone may have clued him in that he should not be tweeting that Flynn had promised Russian's lifting of sanctions.

In all seriousness, he is not bright but I have no doubt that he knew about this and knew it was wrong (or would be considered "wrong" and or illegal)