After spending Monday nursing a ragegasm, President Donald Trump began Tuesday with a Tweetstorm sounding off and playing the victim.
The internet was quick to respond to the president's tweets with their own fact-checks as well as morning mockery.
NBC executive producer Christina Ginn sent Trump an explainer about what attorney-client privilege is and the limitations of the rule that allows for a "crime-fraud exception."
Mr. President, here is a good primer on attorney-client privilege in this case from @CevallosLaw & @NBCNews:… https://t.co/h6tYMbCFQA— Christina Ginn (@Christina Ginn)1523359051.0
"Because of the potential damage to legitimate attorney-client relationships caused by these mass seizures of records, U.S. Attorneys are trained to explore alternatives to these warrants when evidence is sought from a practicing attorney," the primer explained. "One alternative would be a subpoena, which allows the attorney to search for and produce the documents. The fact that the FBI opted for a raid without notice suggests prosecutors believed less-intrusive measures might result in the destruction of evidence."
MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski noted that such privilege is "dead" once evidence has been found of a crime.
@realDonaldTrump Yes.Thank u for pointing this out. According to legal experts,once prosecutors have evidence of a… https://t.co/EgzRhXMGwj— Mika Brzezinski (@Mika Brzezinski)1523360139.0
Bloomberg View executive editor and Trump biographer Tim O'Brien noted that typically when Trump is tweeting with all capital letters it means he's concerned.
Translation: “Whenever it’s in CAPS, I’m WORRIED.” https://t.co/5lwg4OQ6p6— Tim O'Brien (@Tim O'Brien)1523358795.0
You can read the rest of the tweets below:
@realDonaldTrump It’s not a witch hunt if they have pre-existing well documented evidence (they did) that justifies… https://t.co/lDhLmyhVEY— William (@William)1523359536.0
Going full Nas this morning https://t.co/kHgu8JiHXW— Ari Melber (@Ari Melber)1523358880.0
Today would be an excellent day to release your tax returns. https://t.co/6oexDtVwj2— Zoey Bartlet-Young (@Zoey Bartlet-Young)1523359102.0
Looks like it's going to be a day. => https://t.co/C84qQh5st6— David M. Drucker (@David M. Drucker)1523359114.0
@realDonaldTrump If it really was a witch hunt, which I assume you mean is totally baseless, how is it that a US At… https://t.co/7yU9LUUJqI— Mark Goldberg ⚖️🍑 (@Mark Goldberg ⚖️🍑)1523359587.0
@realDonaldTrump Nope. But your career is.— Harley (@Harley)1523358563.0
@realDonaldTrump If you did nothing wrong, what are you worried about?— Carrie Gallagher (@Carrie Gallagher)1523358502.0
@realDonaldTrump Oh no you lost some privilege. How hard for you.— Untucked with Jeremy Newberger (@Untucked with Jeremy Newberger)1523359359.0
Snowflake alert. https://t.co/a6aXb1fV5B— (((Charles Young))) (@(((Charles Young))))1523360849.0
If this is a witch Hunt, Trump's surrounded himself with witches.— Alt USDA_ARS (@Alt USDA_ARS)1523359501.0
The legal historian has logged on https://t.co/dduHDS9yLC— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar)1523360796.0
@realDonaldTrump 22 indictments is not a "Witch Hunt," fella. Having someone YOU appointed sign off on multiple sea… https://t.co/2930IXjAWt— WhatdaPint (@WhatdaPint)1523360314.0
@realDonaldTrump No sir it isn’t unless you are still plotting a crime. You see, we have a legal system and no one is above the law.— Doughy Orange Menace (@Doughy Orange Menace)1523358612.0
@realDonaldTrump And so the toddler tantrum begins....— 💧Milly Majich 🌈 (@💧Milly Majich 🌈)1523358563.0
Seething. https://t.co/GjMPianZfI— Jim Roberts (@Jim Roberts)1523359828.0
A couple of (non-rhetorical) questions :1) how common or unusual is it for the feds to raid a lawyer's office? 2)… https://t.co/tM34VsAmJI— Jeff Greenfield (@Jeff Greenfield)1523360165.0
@L1_C7 @JTM_YVA @realDonaldTrump M. A. G. A - My attorney got arrested.— Gary I Can't Believe I'm Not Butter Moore (@Gary I Can't Believe I'm Not Butter Moore)1523359713.0
@mikepancheri @Pixxistick @realDonaldTrump I’m calling out sick today just to watch.— Nunya Biz (@Nunya Biz)1523360575.0
@realDonaldTrump The LAW appears to be working - and you are not above it.— Letter Lout (@Letter Lout)1523360574.0
@realDonaldTrump You appointed Berman 😂😂😂😂😂— Jay (@Jay)1523358608.0
Subtlety has never really been his strong suit https://t.co/74dwkckNlm— Chris Cillizza (@Chris Cillizza)1523360020.0
@JackPosobiec @realDonaldTrump Awww poor triggered Jack 😂 maybe if you didn’t support a criminal piece of shit things would be different?— AltNSA (@AltNSA)1523360658.0
@realDonaldTrump @MichaelCohen212 Your are fucked, Cohen is fucked. Here’s how you avoid this entire situation: don… https://t.co/5GnNoRzGlB— AltNSA (@AltNSA)1523359498.0
And from the "nice Donald Trump" parody account:
Good Morning! ☀— DonaId J. Trump ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️parody (@DonaId J. Trump ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️parody)1523359505.0
