Trump likes to scan the headlines, watch television, and talk on the phone with his network of outside friends and acquaintances who, in turn, get their own information from the media.

That means if you have an agenda you want to press with Trump, you need to press it through the media.

In another tweet, Trump continued his campaign to discredit the investigation as based on leaks of information from political enemies aimed at undermining him.

In yet another tweet, Trump attacked the Times for reports that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, whose death in a Russian airstrike had been speculated last month, is still alive

Comey made clear that the memo he gave to his friend to leak, documenting a meeting on Feb. 14 of this year, was not one that included classified material.

...a Republican aide suggested to CNN that Nunes had never formally recused himself from the investigation.

2) Argue that this isn’t a big deal anyway

3) Obfuscate, obfuscate, obfuscate

Spicer also warned the group of more problems if news of the phone checks and the meeting about leaks was leaked to the media.

As you know, our administration inherited many problems across government and across the economy. To be honest, I inherited a mess. It's a mess.

I just want to let you know, I inherited a mess.

They've spread like cancer. ISIS has spread like cancer - another mess I inherited.

I'm here following through on what I pledged to do. That's all I'm doing. I put it out before the American people, got 306 electoral college votes. I wasn't supposed to get 222. They said there's no way to get 222, 230's impossible. 270 which you need, that was laughable. We got 306 because people came out and voted like they've never seen before so that's the way it goes.

This administration is running like a fine-tuned machine, despite the fact that I can't get my Cabinet approved.

So we've begun preparing to repeal and replace Obamacare, and are deep in the midst of negotiations on a very historic tax reform to bring our jobs back, to bring our jobs back to this country. Big league.

Russia is fake news. Russia -- this is fake news put out by the media.

Well the leaks are real. You're the one that wrote about them and reported them, I mean the leaks are real. You know what they said, you saw it and the leaks are absolutely real. The news is fake because so much of the news is fake.