U.S. President Donald Trump sits at his desk before signing tax overhaul legislation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
President Donald Trump on Wednesday apparently interrupted a scheduled intelligence briefing to tweet about FBI text messages which he suggests vindicates him in the Russia investigation.
FBI agent text messages released this week were hyped by conservative media as proof that President Barack Obama wanted to spy on then-candidate Donald Trump's campaign.
And although Trump was scheduled to receive an intelligence briefing at 11 a.m. ET, he was instead tweeting about the text messages at 11:10 a.m.
NEW FBI TEXTS ARE BOMBSHELLS!— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump)1518019800.0
The fact that Trump likely delayed or interrupted his intelligence briefing was not lost on members of the media.
Trump apparently tweeted this during his daily intelligence briefing, which White House schedule says was to start… https://t.co/5y8EV333NS— Mike Dorning (@Mike Dorning)1518020040.0
Fox News had a report on the texts starting around 11:03 this AM Meanwhile, the official White House schedule said… https://t.co/jBjEU5Lfx4— Tierney Sneed (@Tierney Sneed)1518020053.0
Trump’s public schedule had him receiving his intelligence briefing at 11AM. He tweeted this at 11:10. https://t.co/3EWKReaNex— Kyle Griffin (@Kyle Griffin)1518020108.0



