Trump Calls Feinstein’s Release Of Dossier Firm Testimony ‘Possibly Illegal’

UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 9: Senate Intelligence Committee chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., leaves the Senate floor after speaking about the CIA torture report being released by the committee on Tuesday, Dec. 9,... UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 9: Senate Intelligence Committee chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., leaves the Senate floor after speaking about the CIA torture report being released by the committee on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014.(Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) of releasing a transcript of Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee “totally without authorization.”

Trump dubbed Feinstein “Sneaky Dianne” and claimed that she released Simpson’s testimony from August “in such an underhanded and possibly illegal way.”

“Must have tough Primary!” he tweeted.

While Feinstein released the transcript on Tuesday without the support of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the committee’s chair, there was nothing illegal about her decision to release the unclassified document.

“The American people deserve the opportunity to see what he said and judge for themselves,” Feinstein said on Tuesday. “The only way to set the record straight is to make the transcript public.”

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