Article snippet: MORE spent much of Saturday on Twitter, unleashing a barrage of tweets and retweets aimed at House Democrats' impeachment inquiry. As of 7:30 p.m., Trump had issued only six tweets of his own but had retweeted at least 40 others, many of them from supporters in the media and Congress offering him a boost. He also issued scorching attacks aimed at Democrats, including House Intelligence Committee Chairman MORE (D-Calif.). "There has never been a greater fraud on Congress," wrote Trump, referring to the impeachment inquiry and responding to Rep. Andy Biggs's (R-Ariz.) motion to censure Schiff for allegedly lying about his office's contact with a whistleblower who filed a complaint about Trump's conversation with Zelensky. "Shifty Schiff is Corrupt. Go Andy!" he added. The Twitter outbursts are nothing new from the president and are increasingly typical on the weekends. But they were still notable after one of the most tumultuous weeks of his presidency. Trump is under increasing pressure with regard to the impeachment inquiry after acting White House chief of staff MORE undermined the administration's talking points and linked aid withheld from Ukraine to Trump's calls for Ukraine's government to launch investigations into the 2016 election. Mulvaney later sought to walk back the comments, which were made on camera. Trump defended Mulvaney in one of his Saturday tweets, repeating a line from the chief of staff's statement explaining that the money was withheld beca... Link to the full article to read more
Trump embarks on Twitter spree amid impeachment inquiry, Syria outrage | TheHill
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