Donald Trump is having another Twitter outburst this morning, and it is not hard to understand why.
Just today, special counsel Robert Mueller will detail Michael Cohen’s cooperation in a soon-to-be-released sentencing memo, outline Paul Manafort’s “crimes and lies” which equal a breach of his plea deal agreement, former FBI head James Comey gives closed-door testimony to the House Judiciary and Oversight committees, former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos will be released from federal prison after serving 14 days for lying to Mueller’s investigators, and a disappointing November jobs report was released. And to top it all off, House Democrats plan to send Mueller the transcripts of testimony by some of Trump’s closest associates so they can be reviewed for evidence and possible falsehoods, Reuters reported this week.
In a rash of early-morning tweets on Friday, the president railed against the special counsel, Comey, his former 2016 presidential opponent Hillary Clinton, and even his own Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Trump concluded his outburst by attacking former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Department of Justice official Bruce Ohr and “all of the many fired people of the FBI” asking “will all of the lying and leaking by the people doing the Report … be listed in the Report?”
“Will the corruption within the DNC & Clinton Campaign be exposed,” he continued, without elaborating, adding: “And so much more!”
FAKE NEWS – THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
Robert Mueller and Leakin’ Lyin’ James Comey are Best Friends, just one of many Mueller Conflicts of Interest. And bye the way, wasn’t the woman in charge of prosecuting Jerome Corsi (who I do not know) in charge of “legal” at the corrupt Clinton Foundation? A total Witch Hunt…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
….Will Robert Mueller’s big time conflicts of interest be listed at the top of his Republicans only Report. Will Andrew Weissman’s horrible and vicious prosecutorial past be listed in the Report. He wrongly destroyed people’s lives, took down great companies, only to be……..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
…..overturned, 9-0, in the United States Supreme Court. Doing same thing to people now. Will all of the substantial & many contributions made by the 17 Angry Democrats to the Campaign of Crooked Hillary be listed in top of Report. Will the people that worked for the Clinton….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
….Foundation be listed at the top of the Report? Will the scathing document written about Lyin’ James Comey, by the man in charge of the case, Rod Rosenstein (who also signed the FISA Warrant), be a big part of the Report? Isn’t Rod therefore totally conflicted? Will all of….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
…the lying and leaking by the people doing the Report, & also Bruce Ohr (and his lovely wife Molly), Comey, Brennan, Clapper, & all of the many fired people of the FBI, be listed in the Report? Will the corruption within the DNC & Clinton Campaign be exposed?..And so much more!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
It has been incorrectly reported that Rudy Giuliani and others will not be doing a counter to the Mueller Report. That is Fake News. Already 87 pages done, but obviously cannot complete until we see the final Witch Hunt Report.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
The Atlantic’s Elaina Plott reported on Thursday that the president’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has no plan to deal with the fallout from the Mueller probe. While the Russia probe has been a “nightmare” for Trump, according to Giuliani, the paper reported that has no response plan beyond Trump’s usually explosive tweets.
We will be doing a major Counter Report to the Mueller Report. This should never again be allowed to happen to a future President of the United States!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
The most recent round of tweets come hours after a similar tirade Thursday night questioned whether a longtime associate of Roger Stone, prominent birther Jerome Corsi, had been “forced to lie” by federal prosecutors. He mentions “bye the way” he didn’t know Corsi, but Trump but asks if the person in charge of his prosecution headed the “corrupt Clinton Foundation?”
Trish_Regan: “Did the FBI follow protocol to obtain the FISA warrant? I don’t think so. The Dossier was opposition research funded by opponents. Don’t use Government resources to take down political foes. Weaponizing Government for gain.” Is this really America? Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
Jerome Corsi: ”This is not justice, this is not America. This is a political prosecution. The Special Prosecutor (Counsel), to get this plea deal, demanded I lie and violate the law. They’re the criminals.” He is not alone. 17 Angry Dems. People forced to lie. Sad! @Trish_Regan
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
In a highly anticipated memo, Mueller will submit information on Manafort’s alleged lies in a filing to a federal court in Washington today. The sentencing could shed new light on his pro-Kremlin consulting and any ties to the Trump campaign.
According to a new NPR/Marist poll released on Friday, 76 percent of Americans believe the Mueller report should be made public and 67 percent believe Mueller should be allowed to finish his investigation.
