Trump Lashes Out at Top Justice Official, Confirms He's Focus of Probe
- Tweet targets ‘the man who told me to fire the FBI Director’
- President’s latest musing continues attack on investigations
Trump Faces New Senate Probe on Firing of Comey
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President Donald Trump lashed out at the Justice Department official with authority over the special counsel probe of Russian election-meddling, and acknowledged that his firing of James Comey as FBI director is a focus of the investigation.
“I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director!” Trump said on Twitter on Friday. “Witch Hunt.” The tweet marked the first time Trump has publicly acknowledged that he is under investigation.