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Trump says the Nunes memo 'totally vindicates' him and proves 'collusion is dead'

February 3, 2018

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President Trump said on Twitter Saturday morning the controversial memo compiled under Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) on the House Intelligence Committee and published without redaction Friday proves his innocence of election meddling collusion with Russia:

This memo totally vindicates “Trump” in probe. But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on. Their was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2018

Most other analyses have concluded the memo does not contain much of significance.

The president also boasted of more favorable poll numbers following his State of the Union address Tuesday:

Rasmussen just announced that my approval rating jumped to 49%, a far better number than I had in winning the Election, and higher than certain “sacred cows.” Other Trump polls are way up also. So why does the media refuse to write this? Oh well, someday!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2018

Immediately prior to making that tweet, he retweeted two posts from one of his sons, Eric Trump, linking to media reports about the polling bump.