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dalton99a

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Tue Feb 19, 2019, 05:40 PM Feb 2019

Trump Has Publicly Attacked the Russia Investigation More Than 1,100 Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/19/us/politics/trump-attacks-obstruction-investigation.html

Trump Has Publicly Attacked the Russia Investigation More Than 1,100 Times
By LARRY BUCHANAN and KAREN YOURISH
FEB. 19, 2019

President Trump has publicly criticized dozens of people and groups related to federal inquiries into contacts between his campaign and Russia, according to a New York Times analysis of nearly every public statement or Twitter post that he has made while in office.

The attacks, which number nearly 1,200, are part of a strategy to beat back the investigations. They have also opened him to possible obstruction of justice charges. They include statements made on Twitter, in official speeches, at rallies and during news media interviews and other press events.

While it is highly unusual for anyone — let alone the president of the United States — to comment on continuing criminal investigations, Mr. Trump has done so at least once on 330 days, or more than 43 percent of his time in office as of Feb. 14.

Mr. Trump has employed a wide range of attacks in what appears to be an attempt to discredit the people and organizations associated with the investigations.







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Trump Has Publicly Attacked the Russia Investigation More Than 1,100 Times (Original Post) dalton99a Feb 2019 OP
And still most people don't believe him. my, my, my. n/t ginnyinWI Feb 2019 #1
At least we can a love Denver the Guilty Dog .... Donny not so much Botany Feb 2019 #2
To be fair, that's still 249 times less than Glenn Greenwald.... Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #3
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