Trump attacks the Mueller probe as the report comes closer

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President Donald Trump went on Twitter on Saturday to attack the latest barrage of investigations and subpoenas from his political opponents at Capitol Hill.

In his tweets on Saturday, the President reiterated that the investigation of special advocate Robert Mueller was headed by "13 Angry Trump Hate Dems," who found no fault on his behalf after having spent "$ 30 million" during the investigation. He added that the 22-month long probe was a "total waste of time".

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His tweets come amid reports that some members of the special council team have been frustrated by the way US Attorney General Bill Barr presented his findings in the summary he presented to Congress at the end of last month. .

This week, the Judiciary, Intelligence and House Control Committees have all touched on different aspects of Mr. Trump's financial history, program and campaign. Trump was struck Thursday by an official request from Ways and Means President Richard Neal (D-Mass.) For his 2013 personal tax returns.

The escalation of surveillance on Capitol Hill comes as Democrats continue to request an unwritten copy of Mueller's report, which is about 400 pages long, which was given to Attorney General Bill Barr more than two weeks ago . This demand shows that congressional Democrats "will never be satisfied," Trump said Saturday.

However, while Barr's deadline for submitting a copy of Mueller's report to Capitol Hill is fast approaching, Trump's confidence in his "total and total exoneration" of him has declined, according to a Republican close to the White House. .

"It would not raise this issue if everything was in order," said this person, referring to the president's tweets about Mueller and his team of federal investigators.

White House officials, Trump campaign assistants and Republican lawmakers have all cited the four-page summary of Barr's special council findings as a Trump waiver, released from the plot with Russia to influence the United States. Presidential election of 2016 and not facing charges of obstructing justice because of insufficient evidence, according to Barr.

"I have not read the Mueller report yet … I only know the conclusions, and most importantly, no collusion," Trump wrote on Twitter several hours before he could speak. to a crowd of GOP supporters and backers at the Jewish Republican Coalition Summit event in Las Vegas.

In separate reports on Wednesday night, the New York Times and the Washington Post described a group of investigators who felt that the results of their investigation into the president and his associates were far more damaging than the Attorney General's Trump. According to the Times, the same people are worried about the formation of public opinion around an incomplete description of what they have discovered.

Trump called the Times reports "fake news" in a tweet Friday, shortly before leaving Washington for a trip to the US-Mexico border to highlight a newly renovated section of the existing barrier.

"The New York Times had no legitimate source, which would be totally illegal, regarding the Mueller report. In fact, they probably had no source! ", He writes on Twitter.

A White House spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment regarding the president's tweets on Saturday.