Trump Confirms He’s Under Investigation, Blames Unnamed Person

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 5, 2017, during a ceremony to announce the Air Traffic Control Reform Initiative. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Donald Trump admitted to being under investigation Friday, in a perplexing tweet that assigned blame for the investigation to “the man who told me to fire the FBI Director.”

It is unclear to whom Trump is referring: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote memos supportive of ousted FBI Director James Comey’s firing. Trump himself said after the firing that he had made up his mind to fire Comey regardless of Sessions’ and Rosenstein’s arguments.

Rosenstein also chose special counsel Robert Mueller to lead the federal investigation into Russian meddling into the 2016 investigation, including possible collusion or coordination with Trump associates.

In his letter to Comey announcing his firing on May 9, Trump thanked the ousted FBI Director for “informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation.” Comey confirmed in sworn testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8 that he had told Trump he was not under investigation — a point Trump celebrated loudly after Comey’s testimony.

On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported that Mueller’s probe expanded to include possible obstruction of justice by Trump days after Comey’s firing.

On Thursday, Trump hinted at the reported investigation being mounted against him:

This post has been updated.

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  1. “What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.”

    ~ Dan Quayle

  2. President Donald Trump admitted to being under investigation Friday, in a perplexing tweet that assigned blame for the investigation to “the man who told me to fire the FBI Director.”

    Marc Kazowitz?

  3. I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt

    ??? “What did the man look like, Donald?”

    EDIT: Must be Rosenstein…

  4. You have to think Rosenstein but really it’s the eternal overarching Someone Else who’s to blame. Always someone else. Contemptible, this pathetic sniveling wretch.

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