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DONALD TRUMP’S LAWYER has insisted that the US President is not being investigated personally by the FBI – despite Trump himself saying that he is.
Two days ago, Trump tweeted that he is “being investigated for firing the FBI director by the man who told me to fire the FBI director!”
Now, however, Trump’s own legal counsel Jay Sekulow has insisted that this is not the case.
“The tweet from the president was in response to the five anonymous sources purportedly leaking info to The Washington Post,” Sekulow told NBC television’s Meet the Press.
He’s not afraid of the investigation – there is no investigation… there is not an investigation of the president of the United States, period.
Sekulow was referring to a report in the Post this week that said Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in last November’s presidential election was now also trying to determine whether Trump obstructed justice.
Trump’s fledgling presidency has been battered by allegations – under investigation both by Congress and the FBI – that Russia interfered to sway the 2016 election in his favour, in possible collusion with Trump’s campaign team.
However, Sekulow’s pronouncements haven’t stopped Trump from once more referring to a witch hunt this morning.
It’s not clear whether or not the witch hunt he’s referring to is the overarching investigations into alleged Russian collusion with his campaign, or his own possible belief that he’s being investigated personally.
Trump has been fighting something of a tit-for-tat battle with the FBI via the media in recent months, with his firing of former director James Comey and Comey’s subsequent testimony before the Senate intelligence committee being the two high water-marks of the saga.
With © – AFP, 2017
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Que the Benny Hill music…again..
@Anthony Healy Poroloniczak: Sorry..hate to do this….Hate when its done to me. But…what that hell does “Que” mean. French or Spanish?;)
@Donal Proctor: oh that should have been Cue
@Anthony Healy Poroloniczak: ;) Im a dyslexic blunder bus with the phone too.
@Donal Proctor: you guys better get a moor.
@Donal Proctor: damn technology haha
@EdmundOrlando: seen what u done there
covfefe
Talk about an actual loose cannon……
Someone from the US suggested I watch a documentary called ‘The Brainwashing Of My Dad’ it was a real eye opener on how certain media behave when it comes to promoting their own agenda.
What happened to the lawyer he had last week?
@Dave O Keeffe: The lawyers lawyer probably told him to quit…
I’d say he doesn’t know what day of the week it is half the time.
What FBI? I heard a rumour they’ve ALL been fired.
What is happening to confuse so nobody knows what is going on. They say one thing but the other thing is happening.
Didn’t Sekulow say that Trumps tweet about him being investigated was in response – not to a formal notification from authorities- but to newspaper reports that he was being investigated. But Sekulow was out foxed by the Fox News reporter in the interview when he mentioned the investigation – I would not like to be working for Trump
Coookcoooo Coooookcoooooo…
There is clear and mounting evidence that Comey was the primary source of leaked information to the media.
@Tommy Browne: how do you reckon that? It has been happening more and more since he was fired
@Tommy Browne: Well we know he leaked his memo to Schmidt @NYT via Columbia Professor. I wonder if this the same route for the January 20th NYT article?
@Tommy Browne:
Perhaps you could share your ‘evidence’ with the rest of us?
@Joe Caulfield: that article has been debunked more times than you’ve mentioned it but your brain can’t quite grasp reality
Also, the poor young fella seems to be an Arsenal fan
Trump needs to hide some obscure know it all from the comments section in the journal to help him run the USA. Oops sorry Trump doesn’t do fourth world country keyboard warriors!
@John Dillon: At least we can spell…
@John Dillon: and you’re here too moron
I would be Trumped off also if I had an IQ of 177 like you Mensa Dave and nothing but a keyboard to vent my frustrations on society oink!
@John Dillon: I meant in a “fourth world country” you seem to be the only one annoyed though. Loving Trump so much that you’re willing to insult your own country
Waiting for the puff of smoke from the grassy knoll!!!!!!
I’d say Pence is ironing his shirt
Haha!!!
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