LED HIM OFF THE ROAD.
BACK TO YOU.
AMY: THANK YOU, LORI.
A TWEET THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP CAUSED A
HUGE CONTROVERSY, BUT NOW IT
APPEARS HE DIDN'T WRITE THE
MESSAGE HIMSELF.
LAURA POE HE'S THAT HAS THE
LATEST FROM NEW YORK WHERE THE
PRESIDENT SPENT THE DAY
FUNDRAISING.
REPORTER: NOT LONG AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP FINISHED HIS
REMARKS AT AN EVENT, A
CONTROVERSIAL TWEET WENT OUT
ABOUT HIS FORMER NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISER, MICHAEL FLYNN.
FLYNN PLEADED GUILTY FRIDAY
ABOUT LYING ABOUT HIS CONTACT
WITH THE THEN-AMBASSADOR FROM
RUSSIA TO THE U.S.
MR. TRUMP TWEETED, I HAD TO FIRE
GENERAL FLYNN BECAUSE HE LIED TO
THE FBI.
THERE WAS NOTHING TO HIDE.
THE TWEET SUGGESTED HE KNEW
FLYNN HAD BEEN DISHONEST BACK IN
FEBRUARY WHEN THE PRESIDENT
ASKED THEN-FBI DIRECTOR JAMES
COMEY TO SHUT DOWN THE
INVESTIGATION INTO FLYNN.
THE TWEET CAUSED A FIRESTORM ON
THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN ADAM
SCHIFF WROTE: IF THAT IS TRUE,
WHY DID YOU WAIT SO LONG TO FIRE
FLYNN AND WHY DID YOU PRESSURE
DIRECTOR COMEY TO LET THIS GO?
BUT THE PRESIDENT DID NOT WRITE
THE TWEET, INSTEAD, IT WAS
TRUMP'S LAWYER WHO COMPOSED THE
MESSAGE, AND WHAT HE MEANT TO
SAY WAS FLYNN WAS FIRED FOR
LYING TO PENCE AND OTHER WHITE
HOUSE OFFICIALS, AND NOW WE KNOW
HE LIED TO THE FBI.
WHAT HAS BEEN SHOWN IS NO
COLLUSION.
NO COLLUSION.
REPORTER.
OF SPEAKING TO REPORTERS FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE FLYNN'S GUILTY
PLEA, PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT
APPEAR CONCERNED THAT FLYNN IS
NOW COOPERATING WITH SPECIAL
COUNSEL ROBERT MULLER'S
INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIAN
MEDDLING DURING THE ELECTION AND
POSSIBLE COLLUSION WITH THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
LAURA PODESTA, NEW YORK.
AMY: AND THE PRESIDENT TWEETED
AGAIN THIS MORNING SAYING, I
NEVER ASKED COMEY TO STOP