Thread: Trump confirms he's under investigation, takes swipe at Rosenstein

Trump confirms he's under investigation, takes swipe at Rosenstein

By Cody Derespina
Published June 16, 2017

President Trump confirmed he is under investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and also took a swipe at Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in a fiery Friday tweet that capped a string of morning messages.

"I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt," Trump wrote.

A source confirmed to Fox News that Trump's tweet was referring to Rosenstein.

Rosenstein's May memo critical of ex-FBI Director James Comey's performance was among the reasons cited by Trump and others in Comey's firing. Soon after Comey's ouster, Rosenstein -- who had been Comey's direct superior at the Justice Department -- appointed Mueller, a former FBI director himself and a friend of Comey's, to lead a wide-ranging probe, ostensibly focused on Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election but also encompassing a host of allegations made against Trump and his associates.

As soon as Comey was fired, detractors accused Trump of obstruction of justice. Comey had been heading the Russia investigation for the FBI -- but he testified that he told Trump on at least three occasions that the president was not being investigated for any alleged collusion with Russia.

At the same time, Comey said he believed he was ousted because of the Russia probe. And it was recently reported that Mueller had begun looking into Trump for obstruction of justice -- possibly stemming from Trump's alleged efforts to sideline the probe of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn and statements on the Comey firing citing his dissatisfaction with the Russia probe (aside from the Rosenstein memo).

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who worked on Trump's presidential campaign, recused himself from the Russia investigation in early March, which is why Rosenstein was the official to appoint Mueller. Trump and Sessions were reported to have been at odds over Sessions' recusal, and the relationship became so fraught that Sessions at one point allegedly offered his resignation -- which Trump rejected.

A newer development is Trump's apparent anger at Rosenstein -- though it may partially explain an odd statement released by Rosenstein on Thursday night. In it, Rosenstein cautions against believing anonymously-sourced articles, perhaps hoping to blunt his boss' growing frustration with a continued drip of leaked stories alleging collusion between the Kremlin and Trump campaign.

“Americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous ‘officials,’ particularly when they do not identify the country – let alone the branch or agency of government – with which the alleged sources supposedly are affiliated," Rosenstein wrote in the statement. "Americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations."

Trump's frustration with months of inquiries into his campaign’s alleged connection to Russian officials boiled over on Twitter – again – earlier Friday morning, with Trump writing that none of the myriad congressional, federal or special probes had shown any wrongdoing on his part.

“After 7 months of investigations & committee hearings about my ‘collusion with the Russians,’ nobody has been able to show any proof. Sad!” Trump tweeted.

He later took aim at one of his favorite targets, the media, and said despite the obstacles his agenda was moving forward.

"The Fake News Media hates when I use what has turned out to be my very powerful Social Media - over 100 million people! I can go around them," Trump wrote.

"Despite the phony Witch Hunt going on in America, the economic & jobs numbers are great. Regulations way down, jobs and enthusiasm way up!"

Trump has grown increasingly infuriated by the slow drip of allegations – most of which have emerged as anonymous leaks and without proof – prompting a Thursday mini-tweet storm to harangue those involved with the probe for “the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history.”

Trump's apparent allegation-exhaustion also comes just two days after a gunman who was obsessed with posting anti-Trump rhetoric opened fire on GOP legislators at a baseball practice, critically wounding Rep. Steve Scalise and four others.

The tweet also comes the same week Mueller's probe was reported to have expanded to Trump son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner, and Sessions had to refute allegations made against him to a congressional committee in a high-stakes televised hearing.

Fox News' John Roberts contributed to this report.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...-no-proof.html

It's a totaly absurdity. Unbelievable. Infuriating, really. No crimes, no collusion, no evidence, no election interference .... nothing, but yet these Americans who supported Trump and Trump himself are under investigation. FOR WHAT? Why? The President has the Constitutional Authority to fire the FBI Director. Exercising that right is not obstruction of justice or any other crime. Wanting to improve relations with Russia as Trump ran on during the campaign, that many of US would like to see in our lifetimes, and working towards that goal is not a crime.

There is no crime to investigate. So what is Mueller up to gathering up all these so-called business records and contact information?!! Stealing business information? Stealing business contacts? Stealing proprietary, confidential and valuable business information they can sell to other la clients? That's what it sounds like to me.

Has anyone from the Department of Justice asked how much this Special Counsel Farce is costing and will cost? What is their budget, timeframe, hourly fees, expense schedule, and so forth? If you don't know, you need to find out so Trump can Tweet it. WE WANT TO KNOW how much money you're stealing from hard-working Americans to try to fry our President and his Good People who are trying to fix our country, create new good jobs and Make America Great Again!!