Trump continues to claim vindication as Mueller closes in

Author: Matthew Rozsa / Source: Salon

Even as President Donald Trump continues to claim that he is being vindicated when it comes to the Robert Mueller investigation and Russia scandal, the reports coming out are raising additional questions about whether the president and his advisers broke the law in order to win the 2016 election.

“On 245 occasions, former FBI Director James Comey told House investigators he didn’t know, didn’t recall, or couldn’t remember things when asked. Opened investigations on 4 Americans (not 2) – didn’t know who signed off and didn’t know Christopher Steele. All lies!”

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, “Leakin’ James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday testimony was so untruthful! This whole deal is a Rigged Fraud headed up by dishonest people who would do anything so that I could not become President. They are now exposed!”

Trump expressed similar thoughts on Saturday,

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During his congressional testimony last week, former FBI Director James Comey repeated that Trump had not been the subject of a 2016 counterintelligence investigation involving four people linked to his campaign, according to CNBC. Comey also discussed his controversial handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account during her tenure as Secretary of State.

Yet while Trump attempts to shift the national focus to Comey’s testimony, the threat to his presidency may be coming from other directions as well. A report on…

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