President Donald Trump denounced Russia special counsel Robert Mueller as a "rogue" prosecutor on Tuesday, a day after Mueller's office said that ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has lied repeatedly to the FBI and violated a plea agreement. "The Phony Witch Hunt continues, but Mueller and his gang of Angry Dems are only looking at one side, not the other," Trump tweeted. "Wait until it comes out how horribly & viciously they are treating people, ruining lives for them refusing to lie."
He added that "Mueller is a conflicted prosecutor gone rogue...:"
Prosecutors have also looked at whether Trump knew about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election by hacking Democratic emails and pushing fake news about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, and whether the president has tried to obstruct the investigation.
Trump has denied both collusion and obstruction, and denounced the investigation as a politically motivated "witch hunt."
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05.02.2025