The US Justice Department’s investigation into the origins of FBI special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election hacking in 2016, instigated by Donald Trump’s attorney general William Barr and widely seen as a retaliatory measure to explore “deep state” liberal bias, is now “a criminal inquiry”, according to reports.
The president meanwhile finds himself under renewed pressure as lawyers for Summer Zervos, a former candidate on his reality show The Apprentice who has accused Mr Trump of sexual assault, say their client has evidence to corroborate her claim that he attacked her in a Los Angeles hotel room in 2007.
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway is also in trouble after threatening a Washington Examiner reporter who asked her about her husband, a frequent critic of President Trump, prompting the journalist in question to publish a transcript of their phone call.
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“Here’s the other problem, you’re with CNN, and you’re fake news,” Donald Trump said while speaking to a reporter before departing from the White House.
He’s now attacking the press and the “do nothing Democrats,” saying the Republicans should “take over the House by big numbers” because of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry against him.
“Rudy Giuliani is a good man” Donald Trump said to reporters before departing the White House before attacking Joe Biden and his family over the former vice president’s son and his international business dealings.
The president’s campaign stop in the Albuquerque area cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, including over 1500 hours of police overtime that was required by the campaign.We are asking the Trump campaign to pay our taxpayers back.
