Donald Trump attacks former President Barack Obama and former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates in an act of desperation hours before she testifies on Capitol Hill about Michael Flynn. It’s not going to work!!!!

Trump tweeted: “Ask Sally Yates, under oath, if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to W.H. Council.”

Ask Sally Yates, under oath, if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to W.H. Council.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2017

Yates, who had broad bipartisan support, has a distinguished 27-year tenure in the Justice Department. No-one has ever accused her of unprofessional behavior, except the pathological liar and know-nothing in the White House.

Trump also blamed Obama for Flynn’s security clearance, as if to excuse his shitty vetting process. Um, Obama fired him in 2014. That should have been a humongous red flag. Furthermore, the White House doesn’t adjudicate clearances.

General Flynn was given the highest security clearance by the Obama Administration – but the Fake News seldom likes talking about that.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2017

Donald Trump is trying to change the subject to place blame for his campaign’s entanglement with Russia, possibly via Flynn, to the leaks about what Flynn was doing with the Russians. Um, it seems to me that he’s got it all twisted and his little sideshow isn’t going to work.

Reaction on Twitter:

If Trump gets this freaked by Yates can you imagine what his reaction will be when they play the intercepts? pic.twitter.com/KSNOdEk1s4

— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) May 8, 2017

Donald Trump's attempts to discredit Sally Yates are all the more despicable as they are freighted with misogyny. #SallyYatesIsAPatriot

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) May 8, 2017

The president* just accused an acting AG of a serious crime with no evidence because the president* is bananas. https://t.co/eIR83lIdch

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 8, 2017

Flynn was commissioned in Army MI in 1981. By Trump's "logic" Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43 & Obama all cleared him. This is insane BS.

— John Schindler (@20committee) May 8, 2017

Dear @realDonaldTrump: you are the one who should be answering questions under oath. https://t.co/CqZu1GpeEw

— Mike Levin (@MikeLevinCA) May 8, 2017

Context for the young'uns: Every president tries to make the story How Did The Scandal Get Leaked instead of How Did The Scandal Happen?

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 8, 2017

Donald Trump Attacks Sally Yates in Act of Desperation Ahead of Flynn Testimony