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California Rep. Ted Lieu (D) drew comparisons between President Trump and former President Richard Nixon on Saturday, saying that history is repeating itself as Trump takes actions reminiscent of Watergate.

"This week is the 45th anniversary of Watergate and we're watching history repeat itself," Lieu told CNN anchor Ana Cabrera on Saturday. "Nixon ignored his advisers and went into full attack mode, attacking his own Department of Justice and saying the press is the enemy of the people. We see Trump doing something similar."

In a message that journalists and political observers say looks like a shocking attack by a sitting president on his own Justice Department, President Donald Trump appeared to take aim at Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in a Friday morning tweet. Trump also acknowledged, for the first time publicly, that he is under federal investigation.

As it happens, Rep. Ted Lieu had his own "covfefe" moment. Late at night on May 30, the California Democrat tweeted "Yrsvjseubpihfcovswtvnjhgfefesxnklimnq" by mistake.

And just like President Trump's Twitter typo, Lieu's gibberish tweet went viral, getting 22,000 likes on the social media site.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said Friday that President Trump is "waiving executive privilege" by tweeting about the investigation into ties between the Trump administration and Russia during the 2016 presidential election.

Lieu said Trump's Friday morning tweets confirming that he was under investigation removed the president's ability to assert executive privilege.

"The more [Trump] tweets, the less executive privilege the White House will be able to assert, if any by now," Lieu tweeted Friday.

A newly passed Alabama state law lauded as protection for teenagers at faith-based youth programs was stripped of language that would have restricted sexual orientation conversion therapy following pressure from a conservative policy group with close ties to the bill's sponsor.