Following release of Mueller report, Trump seems particularly angry at his former White House counsel
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at current and former aides who cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, insisting the deeply unflattering picture they painted of him and the White House was"total bullshit."
The attacks were a dramatic departure from the upbeat public face the White House had put on it just 24 hours earlier, when Trump celebrated the report's findings as full exoneration and his counselor Kellyanne Conway called it"the best day" for Trump's team since his election.
The accounts prompted Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, who has sometimes clashed with Trump, to release a statement saying he was"sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the President." In one particularly vivid passage, Mueller recounts how Trump called McGahn twice at home and directed him to set in motion Mueller's firing. McGahn recoiled, packed up his office and threatened to resign, fearing the move would trigger a potential crisis akin to the Saturday Night Massacre of firings during the Watergate era.
Trump ended his tweet with the word,"a..." suggesting more was coming. More than eight hours later, he finally completed his thought, calling the probe a"big, fat, waste of time, energy and money" and threatening investigators by saying,"It is now finally time to turn the tables and bring justice to some very sick and dangerous people who have committed very serious crimes, perhaps even Spying or Treason." There is no evidence of either.
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