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Wednesday 3 January 2018

Trump accuses DOJ of being part of ‘deep state’

President Donald Trump waves as he arrives to board Air Force ing commercial aviation As he remains shadowed photos of classified areas
deaths in 2017. by the special counsel’s inside a submarine.
One at Palm Beach International Airport, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, Trump’s latest tweets Russia investigation, Trump Trump’s blast at the Justice
pressed familiar arguments has seized on recent rev- Department came after he
in West Palm Beach, Fla., to return to Washington. for the president, who is set elations of anti-Trump be- returned to the White House
to begin his first full year in havior by some FBI officials, from a holiday getaway to
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) office with the victory of tax including some who once face legislative challeng-
legislation but the Russia worked on special coun- es, midterm elections and
By CATHERINE LUCEY a top aide to former Sec- investigation still hanging sel Robert Mueller’s probe global threats. He issued
over his administration. of Russian meddling in the confrontational tweets tar-
DARLENE SUPERVILLE retary of State Hillary Clin- “Crooked Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential election, geting Iran, which in recent
top aid, Huma Abedin, has to claim bias against him. days has been rocked by
Associated Press ton and former FBI Director been accused of disre- The president’s reference anti-government protests,
garding basic security pro- Tuesday to “Deep State and Pakistan.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- James Comey. tocols. She put Classified Justice Dept” suggests that “The people of Iran are fi-
Passwords into the hands federal law enforcement is nally acting against the
dent Donald Trump ac- He also claimed that U.S. of foreign agents,” Trump part of an entrenched bu- brutal and corrupt Iranian
tweeted in an apparent reaucracy that Trump and regime. All of the money
cused the Justice Depart- sanctions on North Korea reference to a report by the his supporters say didn’t that President Obama so
conservative Daily Caller. want him to be elected foolishly gave them went
ment Tuesday of being part were having a “big im- “Remember sailors pictures and is actively working to into terrorism and into their
on submarine? Jail! Deep undermine his presidency. ‘pockets.’ The people have
State Justice Dept must fi- Trump’s reference to sail- little food, big inflation and
nally act? Also on Comey ors likely referred to a Navy no human rights. The U.S. is
& others,” he added. sailor convicted of taking watching!”q

of the “deep state” and pact” and that he was

urged prosecution against responsible for prevent-

Utah’s Hatch to retire, opening
door to a possible Romney run

Continued from Front work.” Hatch said he’d
be happy to explain his
At a rally for Alabama Sen- church to Bannon, add-
ate candidate Roy Moore, ing, “I’ve got a copy of the
Bannon called Romney, Book of Mormon with his
the GOP’s 2012 presidential name on it.” Late last year,
nominee, a draft dodger Hatch also found himself
who “hid behind” his re- in a heated debate with
ligion. Romney received Democratic Sen. Sherrod
a draft deferment for mis- Brown of Ohio after Brown
sionary work in France dur- said Republican tax cuts
ing Vietnam. Hatch called were aimed at helping the
Bannon’s attack “disap- rich. The dispute occurred
pointing and unjustified” as Republicans pushed a
and said Romney “has near $1.5 trillion, 10-year tax
sought every opportunity” cut for businesses and indi-
to serve the country. viduals through the Senate
Romney received a draft Finance Committee over
deferment during the Viet- Democrats’ objections.
nam War while doing mis- Brown, a liberal firebrand,
sionary work, which The said people know Republi-
Church of Jesus Christ of cans want to help the rich
Latter-day Saints strongly because it’s “in their DNA.”
encourages for young Hatch told Brown he’d
men. Hatch denounced heard enough, adding
attacks on “our own Chris- that he’s helped disadvan-
tian LDS faith and the self- taged people “my whole
less service of missionary stinking career.” q