Trump Responds To Rosenstein: I May ‘Have No Choice’ But To ‘Get Involved’

US President Donald Trump speaks during a retreat with Republican lawmakers at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, January 6, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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In an ominous Wednesday morning tweet, President Trump appeared to threaten to “get involved” with the Justice Department, accusing DOJ leaders of trying to hide information from Congress.

“What are they afraid of?” Trump wrote. “Why so much redacting? Why such unequal ‘justice?’ At some point I will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the Presidency and get involved!”

Trump appeared to be responding to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election meddling. At an event Tuesday, Rosenstein was asked about a group of conservative House Republicans drafting articles of impeachment against him, accusing him of stonewalling a request made by the House Intelligence Committee for documents on the Russia investigation.

“The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted,” Rosenstein replied. Coming from an official who has largely tried to remain low-key, the comments were notably pointed.

The House Intelligence Committee’s report on Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, released last Friday, found “no evidence” of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. The document was heavily redacted, to the chagrin of the GOP lawmakers behind the document and the puzzlement of the press.

The President has recently been ramping up his threats to intervene with the DOJ, telling Fox and Friends last week that top FBI and DOJ officials were “corrupt.” Though he tries to stay away, he said, “at some point, I won’t.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urged caution on Wednesday, telling Trump in a tweet in response that the president doesn’t have the power to interfere with the Russia probe, and that firing Rosenstein or Mueller “would create a constitutional crisis.”

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  1. Avatar for drtv drtv says:

    Trump: “I’ll huff, and I’ll puff…”

  2. Is this the story of Little Rod Rosenstein and the Big Bad Trump? /s

  3. Calling the false dichotomy police, logic violation at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This is a lie. You obviously do have a choice. To say you don’t is a lie and and a self contradiction.

    And as if you haven’t been involved and abusing the powers of the presidency from the get go. You are already involved up to your eyeballs.

  4. Donnie is blathering…again…

  5. The Manchurian Cantaloupe loves to create suspense. If you’re gonna, just do it. And please don’t do a search for “Saturday Night Massacre” first.

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