Trump Calls Media A 'Joke,' Says Mueller Team 'Illegally' Leaking To Press
- 5 years ago
President Trump on Sunday launched a new attack against the media.
President Trump has called the mainstream media "a joke" and slammed the press for being "corrupt & dishonest" in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
"Looks like Bob Mueller's team of 13 Trump Haters & Angry Democrats are illegally leaking information to the press while the Fake News Media make up their own stories with or without sources - sources no longer matter to our corrupt & dishonest Mainstream Media, they are a Joke!" Trump tweeted.
While Trump did not get more specific, there have been reports that the letter Attorney General William Barr issued summarizing Mueller's findings may not have been an accurate representation.
In fact, the New York Times says multiple officials have indicated that the findings "were more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr indicated."
The president has expressed his frustration about the ordeal in multiple tweets.
"I have not read the Mueller Report yet, even though I have every right to do so," he wrote Saturday. "Only know the conclusions, and on the big one, No Collusion. Likewise, recommendations made to our great A.G. who found No Obstruction. 13 Angry Trump hating Dems (later brought to 18) given two years and $30 million, and they found No Collusion, No Obstruction. But the Democrats, no matter what we give them, will NEVER be satisfied. A total waste of time."
Politico has since reported that one Republican insider has suggested Trump may be losing confidence about his portrayal in the Mueller report, saying about the president, "He wouldn't be bringing this up still if everything was hunky dory."
President Trump has called the mainstream media "a joke" and slammed the press for being "corrupt & dishonest" in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
"Looks like Bob Mueller's team of 13 Trump Haters & Angry Democrats are illegally leaking information to the press while the Fake News Media make up their own stories with or without sources - sources no longer matter to our corrupt & dishonest Mainstream Media, they are a Joke!" Trump tweeted.
While Trump did not get more specific, there have been reports that the letter Attorney General William Barr issued summarizing Mueller's findings may not have been an accurate representation.
In fact, the New York Times says multiple officials have indicated that the findings "were more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr indicated."
The president has expressed his frustration about the ordeal in multiple tweets.
"I have not read the Mueller Report yet, even though I have every right to do so," he wrote Saturday. "Only know the conclusions, and on the big one, No Collusion. Likewise, recommendations made to our great A.G. who found No Obstruction. 13 Angry Trump hating Dems (later brought to 18) given two years and $30 million, and they found No Collusion, No Obstruction. But the Democrats, no matter what we give them, will NEVER be satisfied. A total waste of time."
Politico has since reported that one Republican insider has suggested Trump may be losing confidence about his portrayal in the Mueller report, saying about the president, "He wouldn't be bringing this up still if everything was hunky dory."