BREAKING: On Tuesday, Trump summoned Reince Priebus to the White House to chat. On Wednesday, Foreign Policy revealed Priebus lied on national TV on February 19 about what Trump and McGahn knew about Flynn and when—a lie that, if he maintained it in his FBI interview, is a crime. 
1/ Foreign Policy has revealed that Don McGahn started researching The Logan Act and Making False Statements shortly after he learned about Flynn's FBI interview, and communicated his concerns to Trump. This contradicts Trump and Priebus' prior statements. foreignpolicy.com/2017/12/20/whi…
2/ The Washington Post reports Trump and Priebus had a White House chat less than 24 hours before the Foreign Policy story broke—presumably *after* FP had contacted people mentioned in the story for a quote. That suggests Trump may have known it was coming.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
3/ "A White House official briefed on Trump's lunch with former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said they mainly strategized about 2018, and Priebus gave Trump warnings about the electoral landscape. Afterward, Trump told others Priebus expressed concerns about the midterms."
Hmm.
Hmm.
4/ So far, Trump has sought to tamper with almost every witness he thinks can hurt him: Comey, Yates, Trump Jr., Sessions, and Flynn, for instance. He's had inappropriate conversations about the investigation with at least 10 members of the House and Senate. So this *is* his M.O.
5/ Reince Priebus has been quiet seemingly forever, and certainly no part of Trump's orbit. There's no evidence Trump greatly respects Priebus' advice, and Priebus certainly isn't Trump's go-to advisor—or within a mile of that position—when it comes to winning midterm elections.
6/ So Priebus suddenly showing up at the White House within 24 hours of America learning that one of two things happened—(1) Priebus effectively threw Trump under the bus during his FBI interview, or else (2) he committed a federal felony in that interview—is pretty significant.
7/ Trump would want to know what Priebus told the FBI, and also what he'll tell them in any return interview prompted by future McGahn disclosures. Trump already has ready access to *McGahn*, it's *Priebus* he'd need an excuse to talk to. This smells like a bad excuse for a chat.
8/ Feel free to consider this thread baseless conjecture (a) if you think neither Priebus nor Trump had *any* inkling the Foreign Policy story was coming out *or* that Priebus lied on February 19, *and* (b) if you think Trump could talk to Priebus now without bringing up Russia.
9/ Priebus was a latecomer to Trump's orbit and was never truly embraced by the president—he has deep ties to mainstream DC Republicans—and we know how much Trump loves checking on everyone's loyalty. With his Cabinet, Pence, McGahn, or his family that's easy—not so with Priebus.
10/ Mueller *will* swing back around to interview former and current White House staff a second time; Trump's wrongly been told by his lawyers all White House interviews are done.
When Mueller returns to Priebus, he *will* ask about this lunch—and lying to him will be a crime.
When Mueller returns to Priebus, he *will* ask about this lunch—and lying to him will be a crime.
