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On Twitter, Trump demands Democrats and Hillary Clinton face more scrutiny - The Boston Globe

posted onOctober 30, 2017
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Article snippet: Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — President Trump’s frustration at the investigations into his campaign’s ties with Russia boiled over Sunday, as he sought to shift the focus to accusations against his 2016 rival, Hillary Clinton, a day before the special counsel inquiry will reportedly produce its first indictment in the case. In a series of midmorning Twitter posts, Trump said Republicans are now pushing back against the Russia allegations by looking into Clinton. The president, who has often expressed anger that his allies were not doing more to protect him from the Russia inquiries, made it clear he believed that Clinton should be pursued more forcefully, writing, “Do something!” He did not specify who should take such action, though critics have accused him of trying to improperly sway the inquiries. “Never seen such Republican anger and unity as I have concerning the lack of investigation on Clinton made fake dossier (now $12,000,000?), the uranium to Russia deal, the 33,000 plus deleted e-mails, the Comey fix, and so much more,” Trump wrote. “Instead they look at phony Trump/Russia ‘collusion,’ which doesn’t exist.” Trump was apparently referring in his tweets to revelations last week that Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee had paid for research that was included in a salacious dossier made public in January by BuzzFeed. The dossi... Link to the full article to read more

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