Donald Trump called the probe into his campaign’s Russia links an attempted « coup » Wednesday, while his attorney general promised to investigate FBI « spying » on…
Donald Trump called the probe into his campaign’s Russia links an attempted « coup » Wednesday, while his attorney general promised to investigate FBI « spying » on the president.
More than two weeks after the probe wrapped up, apparently putting him in the clear, Trump is far from resting easy.
Raising the rhetorical temperature still further, he branded the investigation « an attempted coup. This was an attempted takedown of a president. »
« What they did was treason, what they did was terrible, what they did was against our constitution, » he said at the White House, demanding retribution.
The blistering comments will feed a widespread conspiracy theory on the right that the Russia probe was a fiction cooked up by Democrats and a so-called « deep state » seeking to overturn Trump’s shock 2016 election win.
Attorney General William Barr testified in Congress that he will open an inquiry into « spying » against Trump by the FBI at the origins of the probe led by independent prosecutor Robert Mueller.
« Spying on a political campaign is a big deal, » Barr told the Senate Appropriations Committee.
« I think spying did occur. The question is, was it was adequately predicated? I’m not saying it wasn’t, » he said.
