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Trump marks one-year anniversary of Russia investigation with 'witch hunt' and 'no collusion' tweets

May 17, 2018

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President Trump on Thursday claimed to be the victim of "the greatest witch hunt in American history," in the wake of the Senate Judiciary Committee's report concluding that Russia sought to swing the 2016 election specifically for Trump.

The investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia's meddling began one year ago, and Trump marked the occasion on Twitter by accusing Democrats of collusion instead.

Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History...and there is still No Collusion and No Obstruction. The only Collusion was that done by Democrats who were unable to win an Election despite the spending of far more money!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2018

He also claimed that the Obama administration spied on the Trump campaign using an "embedded informant," referring to a National Review report alleging such a plot. Trump exclaimed: "If so, this is bigger than Watergate!" Summer Meza

Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI “SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN EMBEDDED INFORMANT.” Andrew McCarthy says, “There’s probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign.” If so, this is bigger than Watergate!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2018