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:
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":
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.
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