US President Donald Trump angrily denounces the federal probe of Russia’s 2016 election meddling as “McCarthyism at its WORST!” insisting he had authorized his White House counsel to testify to bring the matter to a close.
Trump’s Twitter storm is set off by a front-page report in the New York Times that says White House counsel Don McGahn had provided Special Counsel Robert Mueller with an unusually detailed account of Trump’s thinking during key episodes under investigation.
Trump — who had already addressed the issue late Saturday — steps up his attacks on the story and the probe in a series of angry morning tweets, slamming The New York Times for implying that McGahn had turned on him.
“I have nothing to hide … and have demanded transparency so that this Rigged and Disgusting Witch Hunt can come to a close.
“So many lives have been ruined over nothing – McCarthyism at its WORST!”
Mueller is investigating whether the president sought to obstruct justice as well as whether his campaign colluded with Russia’s covert effort to sway the 2016 presidential election in Trump’s favor.
— AFP
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