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Trump accuses the FBI and DOJ of 'stalling,' labels The Washington Post 'made up garbage'

April 8, 2018

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President Trump again expressed his displeasure with the FBI, the Department of Justice, and The Washington Post on Twitter Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The president accused the FBI and DOJ, both agencies in his own branch of government, of attempting to conceal a corrupt probe of Hillary Clinton's private email server from the House Judiciary Committee:

Lawmakers of the House Judiciary Committee are angrily accusing the Department of Justice of missing the Thursday Deadline for turning over UNREDACTED Documents relating to FISA abuse, FBI, Comey, Lynch, McCabe, Clinton Emails and much more. Slow walking - what is going on? BAD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2018

Turning his attention to The Washington Post, Trump specifically slammed a Saturday evening Post report that Chief of Staff John Kelly has "faded as White House disciplinarian":

The Washington Post is far more fiction than fact. Story after story is made up garbage - more like a poorly written novel than good reporting. Always quoting sources (not names), many of which don’t exist. Story on John Kelly isn’t true, just another hit job!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2018

Trump is reportedly obsessed with making life miserable for Post and Amazon owner Jeff Bezos, as he does not like the paper's coverage of his administration.