Trump: Special Counsel Investigators Went To Clinton 'Celebrations That Turned Out To Be A Funeral'
- 6 years ago
President Trump addressed special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation on Friday.
President Trump on Friday claimed that special counsel's investigators have a partisan bias, even claiming that some went to Hillary Clinton's election night celebration which, in his words, "turned out to be a funeral."
When Trump was asked about possibly meeting with Robert Mueller, he told reporters, "Well, the problem with sitting [with him] is this - you have a group of investigators...that are all Democrats."
"In some cases, they went to the Hillary Clinton celebration that turned out to be a funeral, so you have all these investigators, they're Democrats," the president added. "In all fairness, Bob Mueller worked for Obama for eight years."
This is not the first time Trump or his supporters have tried to undermine the credibility of the Mueller investigation by accusing the team of having a liberal bias.
However, the watchdog site FactCheck.org argues that the president's recent statements were misleading.
The site notes that a Wall Street Journal piece referred to by the White House press office mentions only one Mueller team investigator who attended Clinton's election night event and that while Mueller did serve under Obama, he had been appointed to the post by George W. Bush, a Republican.
Despite the reported discrepancies, Trump has continued to maintain his innocence, telling reporters, "I would love to speak...Nobody wants to speak more than me...because we've done nothing wrong. There was no collusion with the Russians, there was...no obstruction."
President Trump on Friday claimed that special counsel's investigators have a partisan bias, even claiming that some went to Hillary Clinton's election night celebration which, in his words, "turned out to be a funeral."
When Trump was asked about possibly meeting with Robert Mueller, he told reporters, "Well, the problem with sitting [with him] is this - you have a group of investigators...that are all Democrats."
"In some cases, they went to the Hillary Clinton celebration that turned out to be a funeral, so you have all these investigators, they're Democrats," the president added. "In all fairness, Bob Mueller worked for Obama for eight years."
This is not the first time Trump or his supporters have tried to undermine the credibility of the Mueller investigation by accusing the team of having a liberal bias.
However, the watchdog site FactCheck.org argues that the president's recent statements were misleading.
The site notes that a Wall Street Journal piece referred to by the White House press office mentions only one Mueller team investigator who attended Clinton's election night event and that while Mueller did serve under Obama, he had been appointed to the post by George W. Bush, a Republican.
Despite the reported discrepancies, Trump has continued to maintain his innocence, telling reporters, "I would love to speak...Nobody wants to speak more than me...because we've done nothing wrong. There was no collusion with the Russians, there was...no obstruction."