President Donald Trump kicked off his Tuesday morning with a series of tweets criticizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team of prosecutors, claiming that they are ruining people’s lives and unfairly targeting him and his associates. Not only did Trump take shots at the Russia probe, he also made some personal attacks against Mueller himself.
“Mueller is a conflicted prosecutor gone rogue,” he said, “The Fake News Media builds Bob Mueller up as a Saint, when in actuality he is the exact opposite. He is doing TREMENDOUS damage to our Criminal Justice System, where he is only looking at one side and not the other.”
As for the investigation itself, Trump said, “The now $30,000,000 Witch Hunt continues and they’ve got nothing but ruined lives.”
The Phony Witch Hunt continues, but Mueller and his gang of Angry Dems are only looking at one side, not the other. Wait until it comes out how horribly & viciously they are treating people, ruining lives for them refusing to lie. Mueller is a conflicted prosecutor gone rogue….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2018
….The Fake News Media builds Bob Mueller up as a Saint, when in actuality he is the exact opposite. He is doing TREMENDOUS damage to our Criminal Justice System, where he is only looking at one side and not the other. Heroes will come of this, and it won’t be Mueller and his…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2018
….terrible Gang of Angry Democrats. Look at their past, and look where they come from. The now $30,000,000 Witch Hunt continues and they’ve got nothing but ruined lives. Where is the Server? Let these terrible people go back to the Clinton Foundation and “Justice” Department!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2018
The president also claimed that by “only looking at one side and not the other,” Mueller was “doing TREMENDOUS damage to our Criminal Justice System.” While Mueller’s probe has tackled a wide range of issues related to the Trump campaign and Russia, his authority is limited to what is laid out in a memo from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. In the past, Mueller has referred issues like those surrounding Michael Cohen‘s criminal case to other prosecutors.
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