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On Monday, President Trump described as "false news" the recent report that Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was flogged.
"I have never criticized the acting Attorney General of the United States, a man I have a lot of respect for," tweeted Trump. "It's an invented story, among many others, by the Fake News Media! "
This tweet comes after CNN reported that Trump had voiced his anger over Whitaker for the ongoing developments in the case relating to him. Former President's Lawyer and Fixer, Michael Cohen
According to the report, "Trump was frustrated, the source said, that prosecutors overseen by Matt Whitaker have filed lawsuits to cheat." None of the sources have hinted that the president had ordered Whitaker to end the investigation, but had instead criticized what he considered an unfair situation. "
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US President Donal d Trump drove a golf stroller on his Trump Turnberry course in south Ayrshire, where he spent the weekend with his wife Melania in the UK, before leaving for Finland where he will spend Meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for talks on Monday. (Photo by Andrew Milligan / PA Images via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump on his golf course at the Trump Turnberry Resort in South Ayrshire, where he spent the weekend with his wife Melania in the UK before leaving for Finland where he will meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday for talks. (Photo by Andrew Milligan / PA Images via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump drives a golf cart on his golf course at the Trump Turnberry Resort in South Ayrshire, where he spent the week-end – with his wife. visit to the UK before traveling to Finland where he will meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin for talks on Monday. (Photo by Andrew Milligan / PA Images via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump drives a golf cart on his golf course at the Trump Turnberry Resort in South Ayrshire, where he spent the week-end as part of their visit to the UK before traveling to Finland where he will meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin for talks on Monday. (Photo by Andrew Milligan / PA Images via Getty Images)
Turnberry, Scotland – July 15: US President Donald Trump strikes a tee shot while playing a round of golf at the Trump Turnberry Luxury Resort Resort Resort during the premiere Official visit of United States President United Kingdom on July 15, 2018 in Turnberry, Scotland. US President and First Lady, Melania Trump, on her first official visit to the UK after yesterday's meetings with Prime Minister and Queen, is in Scotland for a private weekend at her Turnberry. (Photo by Leon Neal / Getty Images)
Turnberry, Scotland – July 15: US President Donald Trump waves while he plays golf at the Trump Turnberry Luxury Resort Collection during the US President's first official visit to the United Kingdom July 15, 2018 in Turnberry, Scotland. US President and First Lady, Melania Trump, on her first official visit to the UK after yesterday's meetings with Prime Minister and Queen, is in Scotland for a private weekend at her Turnberry. (Photo by Leon Neal / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump plays golf on the Trump Turnberry Beach Resort in southern Ayrshire, where he spends the weekend with the first lady, Melania Trump. (Photo of Jane Barlow / PA Images via Getty Images)
United States. President Donald Trump plays with a golf club under the eyes of young participants during the White House Sports and Fitness Day on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2018. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst TPX Day Images [19659017] An aerial view shows US President Donald Trump (top right) playing golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (top left) and Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama ( top right in second place) at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, North of Tokyo, Japan, Photo taken by Kyodo on November 5, 2017. Kyodo mandatory credit via REUTERS, Attention Editors – THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR HEARING SALES IN JAPAN.
US. The real estate mogul, Donald Trump, exerts his momentum at the 13th start of his new Trump International Golf Links course on the Menie Estate near Aberdeen, Scotland, UK on June 20, 2011. Correspondence with Special Report USA-ELECTION / TRUMP-GOLF REUTERS / David Moir / Photo File
Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, drives a golf cart with his granddaughter Kai Trump on Trump Golf Course International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland, June 25, 2016. REUTERS / Carlo Allegri
US Property magnate Donald Trump conducts media event on Sand Dunes at Menie Estate, the golf club site proposed by Trump, near Aberdeen, Scotland, UK on May 27, 2010. To match the special report USA-ELECTION / TRUMP-GOLF REUTERS / David Moir / File Photo
The Republican candidate at the presidency, Donald Trump, drives a van Golf with his granddaughter Kai Trump at the Trump International Golf Links Golf Course in Aberdeen, Scotland on June 25, 2016. REUTERS / Carlo Allegri
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US presidential candidate Donald Trump looks at the course during a visit to his Scottish golf course, Turnberry
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The real estate mogul, Donald Trump, plays golf at the opening of his Trump International Golf Links golf course near Aberdeen, in the north-east of the city. Scotland, July 10, 2012. REUTERS / David Moir (BRITAIN – Tags: BUSINESS SPORT GOLF REAL ESTATE) [19659024] The real estate mogul, Donald Trump (right), plays golf at the golf course. inauguration of its Trump International Golf Course, near Aberdeen, in northeastern Scotland on July 10, 2012. REUTERS / David Moir (BRITTANY – Tags: BUSINESS SPORT GOLF REAL ESTATE) [19459081SandyJones(right)chiefexecutiveofthePGAholdsarmaroundrealestatemogulDonaldTrumpastheyplaygolfattheopeningoftheTrumpInternationalGolfLinksgolfcoursenearofAberdeenNorthEastScotlandJuly102012REUTERS/DavidMoir(BRITAIN-Tags:REALESTATEGOLF(SPX)IMAGESOFTHEDAY(1965)[19659023] Real estate magnate Donald Trump (R) plays golf at the opening of his Trump International Golf Links golf course near Aberdeen, North East Scotland on July 10, 2012. REUTERS / David Moir (GREAT BRITAIN – Tags: GOLF REAL ESTATE FOR COMMERCIAL SPORT)
US The real estate mogul, Donald Trump, does a gesture while visiting his new Trump International Golf Links course on Menie Estate, near Aberdeen, in northeastern Scotland. June 20, 2011. Trump was in Scotland to give a media visit to the luxury golf course a year after its construction. . REUTERS / David Moir (BRITTANY – Tags: GOLF SOCIETY FOR BUSINESS SPORT)
Donald Trump (R) drives his golf cart along the ninth fairway while watching the last group of the day with a unidentified partner during the first round of the ADT Championship LPGA Golf Tournament on the Trump International Course in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 15, 2007. REUTERS / Hans Deryk (USA)
Donald Trump throws a golf ball at his younger brother after being brutally wounded. match at the Manhattan Golf Classic on Governors & Island in New York on October 22, 2006. REUTERS / Jeff Zelevansky (USA)
Aberdeen, Scotland – July 10: Donald Trump is accompanied by media during the Inauguration of The Trump International Golf Links Course on July 10, 2012 in Balmedie, Scotland. The controversial 100 meter course opens its doors to the public on Sunday, July 15th. Hotel and housing projects on the site were suspended until a decision was made regarding the construction of a nearby offshore wind farm. (Photo by Ian MacNicol / Getty Images)
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – JULY 10: Donald Trump plays golf after the opening of The Trump International Golf Course on July 10, 2012 in Balmedie, Scotland. The controversial 100 meter course opens its doors to the public on Sunday, July 15th. Hotel and housing projects on the site were suspended until a decision was made regarding the construction of a nearby offshore wind farm. (Photo by Ian MacNicol / Getty Images)
Donald Trump observes the developments of his luxury golf resort during a visit to the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire. (Photo by Danny Lawson / PA Images via Getty Images)
Donald Trump rocks a golf club on the Menie estate, where his controversial luxury golf complex will be built. The Balmedie resort in Aberdeenshire will feature two golf courses, a 450-room hotel, 950 holiday apartments and 500 residences. (Photo by Andrew Milligan / PA Images via Getty Images)
August 28, 2008: Donald Trump and Sergio Garcia at the Pro-Am event of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, MA. (Photo by Richard Cashin / SMI Icon / Sport Media Icon via Getty Images)
Jul 13, 2006: Businessman Donald Trump misses a righthand shot at the 2006 American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament played at the field Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, NV. (Photo By John Cordes / Sportswire Icon via Getty Images)
Jul 13, 2006: Businessman Donald Trump heads to the next hole of the 2006 Celebrity Golf Tournament in the United States Edgewood Tahoe Golf in Stateline, NV. (Photo By John Cordes / Sportswire Icon via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 11: Donald Trump climbs into the green after hitting in the third round of the AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Pebble Beach Golf Links Pebble Beach, CA, February 11, 2006. (Photo by Chris Condon / PGA)
Donald Trump at the third round of the National Pro-Am AT & T Pebble Beach on the Pebble Beach Golf Course in Pebble Beach, CA, February 11, 2006. (Photo by Chris Condon / PGA)
PEBBLE BEACH, CA – FEBRUARY 9: Donald Trump strikes in the first round of AT & T's Pro Am on February 9, 2006 at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn / Getty Images)
View of American football player Tom Brady (left-seated) and real estate developer Donald Trump in a golf cart at Trump International Golf Club, Palm Beach, Florida, January 22, 2006. (Photo by Davidoff Studios / Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 10: Donald Trump in the first round of the 2005 AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Spyglass Hill Golf Club at Pebble Beach , California, February 10, 2005. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann / Getty Images)
PEBBLE BEACH, CA – FEBRUARY 12: A businessman, Donald Trump, watches as he waits for the second Pebble Beach fairway Golf Links in the third round of the AT-T Pebble Beach Pro-Am National Tournament. February 12, 2005 in Pebble Beach, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 10: Donald Trump at the first round of the 2005 AT & T National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach at the Spyglass Hill Golf Club in Pebble Beach, CA. February 10, 2005. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann / Getty Images)
Mel Melcon's developer, Donald Trump, poses next to a green side bunker on Hole 11 of his new golf course, the Trump National Rancho Palos Verdes Golf Club, Friday morning. Digital image taken on 1/14/05 (Photo Mel Melcon / The Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – JUN 09: Donald Trump moves to the ninth hole of the pro-amateur classic Buick Classic at the Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York (Photo by Howard Earl Simmons / New York Daily Archives via Getty Images)
PLEASANTVILLE, NY – JULY 27: Donald Trump attends the official opening of the Trump National Golf Club on July 27 2002 at Briarcliff Manor in Pleasantville, New Jersey. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)
PLEASANTVILLE, NY – JULY 27: Ron Howard and Donald Trump attend the opening of the Trump National Golf Course on July 27, 2002 at Briarcliff Manor in Pleasantville, NY. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)
January 31, 2002: Donald Trump hits his hole 8 (normal 4) for the second time in the first round of the National Pro-Am AT & T Pebble Beach at the Pebble Beach Spyglass Golf Course , in California. Digital image. Mandatory Credit: Craig Jones / Getty Images
A married American couple, real estate developer Donald Trump and actress Marla Maples, with their daughter Tiffany, pose in a golf cart golf club on the Mar-a- Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, late 1990s. (Photo by Davidoff Studios / Getty Images)
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CNN claims that there have been two confrontations of this type – one after Cohen pleaded guilty and another after prosecutors had suggested that Trump was himself complicit in violations of campaign funding by agreeing to pay for the silence of his alleged mistresses in the election of 2016.
Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for "including arranging hidden cash payments to two women who claimed to have affairs with Mr. Trump, tax evasion, misrepresentation to a bank and lie a u Congress. reports the New York Times.
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