This is a remarkable legal proceeding.
The press is arguing we should take President Trump at his word. The government is saying that you can't, and the White House counsel's office agrees with that.
The press is arguing we should take President Trump at his word. The government is saying that you can't, and the White House counsel's office agrees with that.
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The judge says DOJ needs to confer with President Trump so that he can tell them himself whether he meant what he said on Twitter. He wants DOJ to make a written filing indicating that it has conferred with the president.
A new legal milestone for President Trump's tweets: U.S. Dist. Judge Reggie Walton says DOJ needs to find out directly from the president whether he meant what he tweeted about having declassified a bunch of Russia-investigation documents.
Rather than merely accepting the word of DOJ and the White House counsel that the things President Trump said on Twitter were false, Judge Walton wants the president himself to admit that. This'll just be super-interesting.
Here's the order. DOJ has until Tuesday to file "a declaration by the President or an individual who has conferred directly with the President." 
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