In Saturday afternoon implosion, Donald Trump ranted on Twitter that the Russia probe is rigged against him and is being secretly run by Democrats.
Trump tweeted:
With Spies, or “Informants” as the Democrats like to call them because it sounds less sinister (but it’s not), all over my campaign, even from a very early date, why didn’t the crooked highest levels of the FBI or “Justice” contact me to tell me of the phony Russia problem?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2018
This whole Russia Probe is Rigged. Just an excuse as to why the Dems and Crooked Hillary lost the Election and States that haven’t been lost in decades. 13 Angry Democrats, and all Dems if you include the people who worked for Obama for 8 years. #SPYGATE & CONFLICTS OF INTEREST!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2018
When will the 13 Angry Democrats (& those who worked for President O), reveal their disqualifying Conflicts of Interest? It’s been a long time now! Will they be indelibly written into the Report along with the fact that the only Collusion is with the Dems, Justice, FBI & Russia?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2018
Trump was lying
Contrary to what Trump claimed, targets of FBI investigations don’t get contacted. Hillary Clinton was never a target in an FBI investigation so that comparison does not apply. The Russia investigation is not rigged, because the investigation began before the general election was held. The FBI was investigating the Trump campaign in the summer of 2016, so the investigation predated what happened at the polls in November. Trump also repeated his big lie that the people who are running the Russia investigation are Democrats. This claim is absurdly false. Robert Mueller is a Republican. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein were Trump nominees. The investigation is being carried out by members of Trump’s own party.
Trump has convinced himself that there is a conspiracy against him when the reality is that Trump has engaged in shady activities and surrounded himself with criminals for decades. There was an easy way for Trump to avoid the Russia scandal, and that was for his campaign to no conspire with Russians or Middle Eastern princes to illegally interfere in an election.
Donald Trump is obsessed with the Mueller investigation and losing his mind. This Saturday afternoon meltdown shows that Trump is cornered and running out excuses as he is suffocating under a scandal that is being powered by facts and evidence.
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