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'This is an illegal hoax': Trump calls for end to Mueller investigation after Cohen pleads guilty

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WASHINGTON — After his former attorney pleaded guilty to lying in hopes of covering up potential Russian ties, President Donald Trump ended his Thursday lashing out at…
WASHINGTON — After his former attorney pleaded guilty to lying in hopes of covering up potential Russian ties, President Donald Trump ended his Thursday lashing out at the special counsel investigation and calling for its demise.
In a pair of tweets after landing in Argentina for the G20 summit, the president called the two-year investigation a «total witch hunt» and accused special counsel Robert Mueller of ignoring crimes committed by the «other side.»
«This is an illegal hoax that should be ended immediately,» the president said on Twitter late Thursday. «Mueller refuses to look at the real crimes on the other side. Where is the IG REPORT?»
It’s far from the first time the president has attacked Mueller and his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, but as time has gone on, Mueller’s investigation has inched closer to the president and his closest advisers.

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