Donald Trump is reportedly being investigated for potential obstruction of justice by the special counsel looking into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. This marks the first time that the investigation, which has hung over Trump since his inauguration, has potentially implicated the president himself.
The Washington Post reported on Wednesday night that the federal investigation into the Trump campaign's ties with Russia during the 2016 campaign, being overseen by Robert Mueller, has now expanded into whether the president attempted to thwart that investigation.
Trump tweeted early on Thursday morning: "They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice." He later repeated his claims that such investigations were a "WITCH HUNT". close Trump ally. In addition, Trump allegedly asked both Coats and Adm Mike Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency, to issue statements denying evidence that his campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 campaign. Both men reportedly declined to do so.
Trump, believes that the mainstream media has not been fair to him and outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post and CNN is against him. This is reflective in his several statements and tweets in the past. At times he calls the two prominent dailies as the fake media and during the election campaign he described CNN as 'Clinton News Network'. Meanwhile, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich slammed Mueller for reportedly launching investigation against Trump. "Mueller is now clearly the ti[p of the deep state spear aimed at destroying or at a minimum undermining and crippling the Trump presidency," Gingrich tweeted today.
The Post reported that the obstruction of justice investigation of the president began days after James Comey was fired as the FBI Director
on May 9.