“I’m out of the tweeting business. I did not mean to break news,” attorney John Dowd told Axios on Sunday.

Trump tweeted on Saturday that he “had to fire” his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, “because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI.”

The tweet, sent out in the aftermath of Flynn’s acknowledgment that he lied to federal investigators, prompted speculation that Trump knew about it beforehand, implicating him in obstruction of justice.

Flynn lied about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the US about sanctions related to Moscow’s alleged election interference.

The president, who apparently knew about Flynn’s lie, had asked then-FBI Director James Comey to drop the investigation on him.

In February, the Republican president dismissed his national security adviser, arguing that he lied to Pence, without mentioning the FBI.