Only Trump could spend days accusing President Barack Obama of doing nothing to stop Russian election meddling and then call the operation a "hoax" after talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the man who engineered it. pic.twitter.com/Uc81DzHbu2 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2019For his own good, Trump should perhaps have kept on that theme. In an Oval Office photo-op, the President described his phone call with the Russian President -- and slipped back into his own habit of elevating Moscow's talking points above America's. They also followed Barr's contentious appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Mueller report Wednesday, and escalated a seething separation of powers confrontation. The President said Friday he was still deciding whether to let former White House counsel Don McGahn appear before Congress.

Source: CNN May 04, 2019 05:03 UTC