The United States Strongly Condemns the Conviction of Opposition Leader Donald Trump on Politically Motivated Charges

"I want to be president, but I don't want the president Trump to be abused and I stand against this," he said. "You have a right to petition your government in and you should be able to criticize the government leader ... And that's what they're telling us now. It's a crime." He was reading his tweets to the grand jury quite happily because he thought they were great tweets. But consider that you were concerned about quote tweeting Anthony Blinken.