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08-19-2018, 04:21 PM #1
Trump compares Mueller probe to McCarthyism
Trump compares Mueller probe to McCarthyism
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN
Updated 12:11 PM ET, Sun August 19, 2018
(CNN)President Donald Trump on Sunday compared the special counsel investigation to McCarthyism, saying Robert Mueller made the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy "look like a baby."
"Study the late Joseph McCarthy, because we are now in period with Mueller and his gang that make Joseph McCarthy look like a baby! Rigged Witch Hunt!," Trump tweeted.
Upon becoming chairman of the Senate Government Operations Committee's subcommittee on investigations in 1953, McCarthy expanded his probes into alleged communist activity. In 1954, he began investigating the US Army. The three months of Army-McCarthy hearings shattered the senator's image and led to his censure by the Senate.
The President's comparison between the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and the trials of McCarthyism was one of a series of tweets that lashed out at the probe Sunday morning. Trump directed particular ire at a Saturday New York Times report that White House counsel Don McGahn has been cooperating extensively with the special counsel.
Michael Hayden, a former director of the CIA and National Security Agency, was asked about Trump's comparison of Mueller to McCarthy on CNN's "State of the Union."
"So, Joe McCarthy was a demagogue. And we haven't heard a public syllable from Bob Mueller in more than a year," Hayden said. "And I have got to add that McCarthy's lawyer, Roy Cohn, became Donald Trump's personal lawyer -- lawyer and mentor for decades. I mean, the irony here is just amazing.
Cohn, who died in 1986, worked closely with Trump beginning in the 1970s. For more than a decade, Cohn represented Trump on construction deals and his lawsuit against the NFL.
The New York Times reported McGahn had participated in interviews spanning 30 hours over the last nine months. He provided "detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether President Trump obstructed justice," including providing information that the Mueller team otherwise would not have learned about, the Times reported, citing a dozen current and former White House officials and other individuals briefed on the matter.
Trump lashed out at The New York Times in a series of tweets Sunday.
"The Failing New York Times wrote a story that made it seem like the White House Councel [sic] had TURNED on the President, when in fact it is just the opposite - & the two Fake reporters knew this," Trump tweeted.
"This is why the Fake News Media has become the Enemy of the People. So bad for America!"
He continued: "Some members of the media are very Angry at the Fake Story in the New York Times. They actually called to complain and apologize - a big step forward. From the day I announced, the Times has been Fake News, and with their disgusting new Board Member, it will only get worse!"
Shortly after Trump's criticism, the Times tweeted that it "stands behind the reporting of our Pulitzer-Prize winning reporters @nytmike and @maggieNYT."
The two reporters are often called out by the President because of their extensive and well-sourced White House reporting, which he sees as overly critical.
CNN's Clare Foran and Ariane de Vogue contributed to this report.
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08-19-2018, 04:23 PM #2
It's actually worse than McCarthyism. They're framing innocent people for crimes that didn't occur. It's the most unbelievable thing I've ever seen.
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