Trump’s dangerous “coup” and “treason” talk

Harris L 2016 election, Mueller report, Trump/Russia April 10, 2019 1 Minute

He’s gone completely into conspiracy theory territory. This undermines our country and sabotages law enforcement. It’s an attempt to obscure all the bad things Trump and his team did. My idea of treason: Trump, Jr./Manafort/Kushner meeting with Russians. They should have reported the contact to the FBI instead.

According to Trump, winning the election means the public absolved him of everything. That’s not true. Even if you agree with his “logic”, how could voters absolve him of stuff we didn’t know about at the time of the election (because Trump lied about Russian contacts)?

This is what Planet Fox has been saying for months and months and… https://t.co/uJDzIFez2C
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 10, 2019

The President is calling a Justice Department Investigation as an attempted “coup.”

There’s bad history behind that word being used by people in power.

It’s important that senators ask Barr today if he endorses – or denounces – the description of special counsel as a “coup.”
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) April 10, 2019

JUST NOW: @realDonaldTrump says “I have not read the Mueller report, I have not seen the Mueller report,” adds that he doesn’t care about the report because “[he] won.”
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) April 10, 2019

In one breath, Trump calls the Mueller probe:

-“an illegal investigation”
-“crooked”
-“an attempted coup”
-“illegal witch-hunt”
-“treason”
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 10, 2019

"This was an attempted coup. This was an attempted takedown of a president," says @POTUS of the Mueller investigation. Pres says he's "most interested" in seeing Atty Gen Barr investigate the origins of the the probe. Says it was "treason" and "against the Constitution." pic.twitter.com/jsPkIUpfji
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 10, 2019

here’s the president casually tossing out words like “coup” and “treason” when describing an investigation conducted under law and regulations https://t.co/wLctKnmtu5
— Carrie Cordero (@carriecordero) April 10, 2019

President Trump called Russia probe "an attempted coup."

"This was an attempted takedown of a president," he added. "We beat them." https://t.co/y9kyb02XFN pic.twitter.com/WjJWlPj0dc
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 10, 2019

Trump claims he was the target of "an attempted coup" with Mueller investigation https://t.co/wNwloKf5sf
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 10, 2019

Schiff on Barr's 'spying' remark: "This type of partisan talking point may please Donald Trump, who rails against a 'deep state coup,' but it also strikes another destructive blow to our democratic institutions.

"The hardworking men and women at the DOJ and FBI deserve better."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 10, 2019

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Published April 10, 2019

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