Donald Trump tipped his hand on the morning that Attorney General William Barr was releasing the Mueller report. POTUS tweeted out nearly a dozen tweets and retweets displaying his great nervousness. He has done everything he could think of to deflect from the truth that he already knows is held within its pages. The president condemned his intelligence community, called the investigation a “witch hunt,” and then there was this.
Trump first tried to call the investigation a “hoax” by the “DNC/the Democrats” and others:
‘The Greatest Political Hoax of all time! Crimes were committed by Crooked, Dirty Cops and DNC/The Democrats.’
Then, the president fell back on his old traditional refrain, playing the victim:
‘PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!’
Do not just take the commander-in-chief’s word for it. He retweeted Judicial Watch tweets about an FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) lawsuit regarding FBI payments to the infamous dossier’s author:
BREAKING: JW announced today that it filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DOJ for records of communications and payments between the FBI & former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele and his private firm, Orbis Business Intelligence (1/3).’
The second retweet dipped back into an exhausted investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s emails:
‘JW President
@TomFitton discusses Clinton’s memo: “She signed a memo saying ‘due to recent targeting of personal email accounts by online adversaries, State employees should avoid conducting official department business from personal accounts’ while she used personal accounts.”’
The third Judicial Watch retweet christened his fake attack on the deep state “Spygate.” “Spying” was a talking point term that AG Barr handed the president during a Congressional hearing:
‘JW President
@TomFitton appeared on “Fox and Friends First” to discuss AG Bill Barr’s testimony and Spygate: They know it’s spying. This is a joint operation between the DNC, the Clinton campaign, the FBI, and DOJ to target President@realDonaldTrump . http://jwatch.us/J67gzV‘
Then, Trump retweeted so-called proof of a “cover up:”
‘JW announced that it uncovered 422 pages of FBI documents showing evidence of “cover up” discussions related to the Clinton email system within Platte River Networks, one of the vendors who managed the Clinton email system.’
Judicial Watch further wrote that it found “756 pages” of new Clinton emails:
‘Judicial Watch announced it received 756 pages of newly uncovered emails that were among the materials former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried to delete or destroy, several of which were classified.’
Trump’s old friend Fox’s Sean Hannity lent Judicial Watch further so-called evidence:
‘On “Hannity”,
@seanhannity discussed some key findings from Judicial Watch in regards to the Clinton cover-up: “We are finding out even more devastating information about how the deep state protected Hillary Clinton before turning their forces against@realDonaldTrump .”‘
Trump ricocheted over to the House Judicial Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and landed on fifth-grade taunting:
‘Nadler (2019) vs. Nadler (1998) ‘
Nadler (2019) vs. Nadler (1998) pic.twitter.com/IVg7RW3f0F
— Dan Scavino?? (@DanScavino) April 18, 2019
POTUS could not seem to help himself once he started tweeting. He reminded everyone to catch the AG Barr public relations conference, which was choreographed to begin hours before even the Congress saw Mueller’s report. Mueller and his team were to be noticeably absent from the circus:
‘Attorney General William Barr’s Press Conference today at 9:30 AM ET. Watch on
@FoxNews@OANN’
Trump lost control, tweeting out yet another old mantra:
‘No Collusion – No Obstruction!’
No Collusion – No Obstruction! pic.twitter.com/diggF8V3hl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2019
Twitter world went crazy on this tweet-wild morning. Check out some of our favorites below:
