Trump revs up his Twitter activity hours before release of Mueller report

Source: Politico | April 18, 2019 | Caitlin Oprysko

President Donald Trump prepared for the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings on Thursday by burning up his Twitter account, insisting that Mueller’s report will exonerate him and advertising his attorney general’s press conference to discuss the report.

“The Greatest Political Hoax of all time!” he wrote in a tweet, claiming instead that there were crimes committed by investigators and his political opponents, Hillary Clinton and Democrats.

“PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!” he added in a second tweet, repeating a constant refrain.

His missives came 90 minutes before his attorney general, William Barr, was set to brief the press on Mueller’s findings prior to their release to members of Congress in a redacted form.

DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said that Barr would address whether executive privilege is being invoked, the Justice Department’s interactions with the White House about the report, and how the process of redacting certain categories of information from the report was handled.

Trump on Thursday also reposted a series of tweets from the conservative activist group Judicial Watch, including nearly half a dozen concerning 2016 opponent Clinton’s use of personal emails while she was secretary of State and another touting the group’s lawsuit against Trump’s own Justice Department for communications between the FBI and Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy who authored the so-called Russia dossier.

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