Trump news: President admits he has not even read Mueller report, as key aide branded a 'scumbag'
Attorney General William Barr tells lawmakers he believes 'spying did occur' on the president's 2016 campaign
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump has told reporters he had not seen or read a report produced by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Speaking on the White House lawn before departing for a trip to Texas, the president told media “I won” while claiming he did not care to read the conclusion from the special counsel’s findings.
His comments arrived as Attorney General William Barr arrived on Capitol Hill for another day of testimony in front of Congressional lawmakers, saying Wednesday he thinks “spying did occur” against the president’s 2016 campaign.
“I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal,” Mr Barr said, calling the type of spying he believed took place as “unauthorised.”
“Yes I think spying did occur. The question is whether it was adequately predicated,” he added.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump's acting interior secretary, David Bernhardt, attempted to conceal meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists and representatives of timber, mining and other natural resources industries from his official schedule, according to reports.
The president was set to announce further bad news for environmentalists during a trip to Texas on Wednesday when he signs an executive order designed to make it harder for states to scuttle unwanted pipeline projects and other energy initiatives by denying permit permissions on water quality grounds - a loophole regularly exploited, according to Republicans.
And to cap it all off, the president is facing legal action from Warner Brothers after using an excerpt from composer Hans Zimmer's score for the Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises (2012) for a campaign video without permission.
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Here's Lauren Duca for Indy Voices on why Joe Biden is not a fit candidate for the presidency.
Today is Kirstjen Nielsen's last day in office. I'll bet she can't wait to get of there.
A very telling Trump quote from Politico's new story on his trip last April with Melania and the Macrons to Mount Vernon, the 18th century plantation home of George Washington in Virginia.
"If he was smart, he would've put his name on it," Trump said of Washington's estate.
"You've got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you."
He's got a point. George Who?
Trump also apparently criticised the uneven floorboards and narrow staircases and told his tour guide, doctor of history Doug Bradburn, he could have built it better for less.
Pennsylvania Democrat Brendan Boyle has called Stephen Miller "a scumbag" after a viral video re-emerged in which the Trump aide is seen at high school angrily berating the idea of having to pick up his own rubbish.
Boyle's own father was janitor, hence his taking Miller's obnoxious opinion so personally.
Don Jr is using the sparring between Pete Buttigieg and the Pences as a platform from which to accuse the Democrats of manufacturing an "identity politics crisis" after the "Russia Russia Russia Hoax went bye bye".
Donald Trump is running late for his departure from the White House. Reporters have noted on Twitter that everyone is currently paying attention to the newly released images of the black hole in space.
Warner Bros has issued a copyright claim after Donald Trump used the theme song from “The Dark Knight Rises” in a 2020 re-election video he shared on Twitter yesterday, CNN has reported.
Donald Trump is once again discussing his tax returns and the alleged audit he’s claimed to be under for several years before departing from the White House.
Donald Trump says he has not seen or read Robert Mueller's report into his campaign's alleged links with Russia, while stating: "I won."
Speaking on the White House lawn, the president said: "I have not read the Mueller report. I won. No collusion, no obstruction, I won. Everybody knows I won."
"As far as I'm concerned, I don't care about the Mueller report," he said. "I've been totally exonerated."
Attorney General William Barr is back on Capitol Hill meeting with lawmakers to discuss everything from the Justice Department's 2020 budget to his handling of Robert Mueller's report.
He said Wednesday that he would be reviewing the "genesis and conduct" of the special counsel's report.
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