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Monday 4 deceMber 2017

Trump lashes out at own FBI in a series of tweets

By KEN THOMAS adviser Michael Flynn growing evidence of
Associated Press pleaded guilty to lying to coordination between
WASHINGTON (AP) — the FBI, again denied that Trump’s circle and Russian
President Donald Trump he directed FBI Director meddling in the 2016
launched a fresh attack James Comey to stop presidential election.
Sunday on the credibility investigating Flynn. California Sen. Dianne
of his own FBI, responding The Republican president Feinstein, the top Democrat
to revelations that an FBI offered a running Twitter on the Senate Judiciary
agent was removed from commentary Sunday Committee, said the panel
special counsel Robert amid renewed focus on is beginning to see “the
Mueller’s team investigating Mueller’s probe and Flynn’s putting together of a case
Russian election meddling decision to cooperate with of obstruction of justice”
because of anti-Trump text the investigation as part against Trump. “I think we
messages. of his plea agreement. see this in indictments ...
Trump, two days after his Democrats said the and some of the comments
former national security developments suggested that are being made. I see

President Donald Trump walks on stage to speak at a fundraiser
at Cipriani in New York, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. Trump is attending
a trio of fundraisers during his day in New York.
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

this in the hyperfrenetic exchange of text messages
attitude of the White House, that were viewed as
the comments every day, potentially anti-Trump.
the continual tweets,” The agent, Peter Strzok,
Feinstein said. “And I see had also worked on the
it most importantly in what investigation of Democrat
happened with the firing Hillary Clinton’s use of a
of Director Comey, and private email server.
it is my belief that that is Peter Carr, a spokesman
directly because he did not for Mueller, said Mueller
agree to lift the cloud of the removed Strzok from
Russia investigation. That’s the team “immediately
obstruction of justice.” upon learning of the
In a series of tweets, allegations.” He would not
Trump questioned the elaborate on the nature
direction of the federal law of the accusations. The
enforcement agency and person who discussed the
wrote that after Comey, matter with The Associated
whom Trump fired in May, Press was not authorized
the FBI’s reputation is “in to speak about it by name
Tatters — worst in History!” and spoke on condition of
He vowed to “bring it anonymity.
back to greatness.” The Trump tweeted Sunday:
president also retweeted “Tainted (no, very
a post saying new FBI dishonest?) FBI ‘agent’s
Director Chris Wray role in Clinton probe under
“needs to clean house.” review.’ Led Clinton Email
The president seized on probe.” In a separate
reports that a veteran tweet, he wrote: “Report:
FBI counterintelligence ‘ANTI-TRUMP FBI AGENT LED
agent was removed from CLINTON EMAIL PROBE’
Mueller’s team last summer Now it all starts to make
after the discovery of an sense!”q