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Trump's anger boils over with Russia probe | TheHill

posted onFebruary 19, 2018
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Article snippet: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — MORE vented his anger with the Russia investigation late Saturday night and Sunday morning, declaring that “they are laughing their asses off in Moscow” over the ongoing probe into Moscow’s interference in the 2016 election. In a remarkable burst of tweets sent from his Mar-a-Lago resort, the president blamed the Obama administration for not doing enough to deter Russia and claimed he never denied the meddling took place — all while undercutting his own national security adviser who said Saturday that the interference is now “beyond dispute.” “If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the U.S. then, with all of the Committee Hearings, Investigations and Party hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams,” Trump tweeted just after 8 a.m. “They are laughing their asses off in Moscow. Get smart America!” The tweets revealed the depth of Trump’s frustration following special counsel MORE’s indictment of more than a dozen Russians accused of meddling in the 2016 election in an effort to boost Trump’s campaign. Trump has long bristled at the notion that he received help in defeating his Democratic opponent, MORE, and has resisted calls from members of both political parties to do more to disrupt the Kremlin’s plans to meddle in future U.S. elections. The president has not criticized Russia for its election-meddling scheme, opting to focus on the ways he believes Mueller’s indictment exonerates his ca... Link to the full article to read more

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