Trump knocks Mueller after deal struck for him to testify

Source: The Hill | July 13, 2019 | Tal Axelrod

President Trump knocked former special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday and Saturday after he struck a deal with the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees to give extended testimony.

The July 24 testimony will help illuminate Mueller’s report into Russian election interference and potential obstruction of justice by Trump for a nationally televised audience.

Seeking the preempt the appearance, the president turned to Judicial Watch, a conservative advocacy group, to hit at the former special counsel. 

“This is one of the most horrible abuses of all. Those texts between gaga lovers would have told the whole story. Illegal deletion by Mueller,” Trump tweeted Saturday morning, quoting a video from Judicial Watch founder Tom Fitton accusing Mueller of a “HUGE Cover-up.” 

Trump was referring to missing text messages between former investigators Lisa Page and Peter Strzok, two FBI agents who were involved in a romantic relationship, in which they bashed the president during the 2016 campaign.

Strzok was swiftly removed from Mueller’s team after the texts were unearthed and a Justice Department investigation found that while the messages did go missing for a time, their absence was attributed to a technical error rather than any malicious intent. 

The president retweeted several of Judicial Watch’s messages, including one that said the Mueller probe was “part of an effort to remove the president from office improperly.”

Trump also promoted Fox News host Sean Hannity’s special Friday night bashing Mueller after the agreement for testimony was agreed upon.

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