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Trump says 'evil' and 'treasonous' enemies will face scrutiny over Mueller report findings

The Pentagon also gave the green light for the first tranche of funds for Trump’s Mexico border wall.

US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump has accused those responsible for launching Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged collusion with Russia of “treasonous things against our country”, and said they “certainly will be looked into”. 

“There are a lot of people out there that have done some very evil things, very bad things,” he said, and added that this should never happen to another president again.

His comments in the White House yesterday came as the Pentagon sanctioned around $1 billion (€880 million) to build part of the border wall with Mexico sought by the president.

Mueller probe

Democrats are now pressing for the full report of the Mueller investigation to be released, and say the president still has questions to answer.

What has been published so far is a four-page summary from US Attorney General Bill Barr on the main findings of the report.

Barr said that the special counsel’s investigation “did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities”.

But Democrats are keen for more information on whether Trump obstructed the investigation, given Mueller’s assessment on the matter.

“The Special Counsel states that ‘while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him’,” Barr said.

“All I’m interested in is them releasing the full report, the full Mueller report,” said Democrat, and House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi yesterday.

Trump said yesterday that the release of the full report wouldn’t bother him at all, before hinting at action taken against those who instigated the investigation.

“Those people will certainly be looked at,” he said. “I’ve been looking at them for a long time. And I’m saying, why haven’t they been looked at? They lied to Congress. Many of them you know who they are.”

While not naming names, one target of Trump’s ire for some time has been former FBI director James Comey. The president has repeatedly accused rivals, including Comey, of an illegal witch hunt into his affairs.

Wall funding

Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan, meanwhile, gave the green light for the first funds designated for the wall project along the US-Mexico border.

It will see 92 kilometres of 5.5 metre fencing built, the construction and improvement of roads, and the installation of lighting to support Trump’s plan.

Shanahan “authorised the commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning and executing up to $1 billion in support to the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol,” a Pentagon statement issued late last night said.

The acting defence secretary cited a federal law that he said gives the Pentagon broad authority to build infrastructure “across international boundaries of the United States in support of counter-narcotic activities of federal law enforcement agencies”.

The statement was released a day before Shanahan was due to testify in Congress to present and defend the Pentagon’s draft budget.

The White House has laid out an ambitious 2020 budget proposal which contains $8.6 billion (€7.6 billion) in new wall funding, above the $5.7 billion (€5 billion) Trump sought for this year.

Frustrated by Congress’s refusal to provide the budget he wanted, Trump declared a national emergency last month.

With reporting from AFP

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    Mar 26th 2019, 7:28 AM

    Vocabulary of a dictator

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    Mar 26th 2019, 8:19 AM

    @Catalanista: hes not though, hes the president they voted for.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 7:41 PM

    @Seamus Mac: “The president an antiquated electoral college established to reassure slave-holding landowners that it wouldn’t really be a democracy voted for”

    Fixed it for you.

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    @Bryan Kelly: those slave holding landowners had no issue with obama?

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    Mar 26th 2019, 7:50 AM

    @Orla Smith: and your vocabulary is one of a well-measured adult? Haha

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    Mar 26th 2019, 7:14 AM

    I don’t think that’s a rock he wants to look under.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 8:06 AM

    @Dave O’Keeffe: He’s been waiting two years. Why wouldn’t he?

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    Mar 26th 2019, 8:15 AM

    @Dave O’Keeffe: Cabon tax is a scam. We need an election NOW.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 9:30 AM

    @Shane Dignam: OK, who will he get to look into it? Keep in mind he can’t order the DOJ and Barr has already said there was no misconduct in the investigation

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    Mar 26th 2019, 10:19 AM

    @Dave O’Keeffe: You do actually understand at this stage what went on before Mueller was even appointed. That’s when the crimes were committed. Look, have a read of this, it’s been explained to you plenty times before but it may sink in eventually. It’s from AG Barr’s senate judicial committee hearing. It breaks down the illegalities in the FBI’s investigation. Do read it, it’s nice and short and even has some pictures.

    https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/426171-barrs-first-task-as-ag-look-at-former-fbi-leaders-conduct?amp

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    Mar 26th 2019, 10:34 AM

    @Thomas Roche: you dont appear to understand. Ineffective does not mean it is a scam it means a better system has to be introduced. What you are saying is very close to an outright lie but at this point it is just ignorance to repeat it will be lying

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    @Shane Dignam: link doesn’t work. Couldn’t help but notice that it’s an opinion piece though.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 7:16 AM

    Not long now before the obstruction of justice violations come out, that’s when the real party starts! Sorry to upset the Trumpflakes, dry your eyes lads!

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    @Winston Smith: “Me love Orange Man, me Winston!”

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    @Winston Smith: lol

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    @Orla Smith: you’re the snowflake dude

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    @samstheman: Aw, did someone say something mean about Papa Twump? So triggered.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 7:49 AM

    @Orla Smith: I’m certainly not a fan of Trump but it’s comments like yours that make Trump look good. You epitomize the stupidity of the blind sword swinging of the trump haters and only feed the craziness of the trump camp.
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    Mar 26th 2019, 7:51 AM

    @Orla Smith: Go back to bed child and let the adults make the decisions. The Mueller investigation proved nothing, zilch, nada. Now grow up little boy or girl or whatever you deem to be.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 7:58 AM

    @Orla Smith: couldn’t care less about him bud, just read @Duncan’s comment again there’s a good lad

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    Mar 26th 2019, 8:45 AM

    @Orla Smith: You honestly think obstruction of justice charges will get through the Senate? The 9th district’s case is dead in the water, just like we’ve been telling you all along that the Mueller report was. Stop chasing conspiracy theories.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 8:55 AM

    @Rory Toner: 17 endictments and the full report has not been read yet thanks to Mitch McConnel. And lets not forget every major actor in the probe was…..republican!

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    @Dave O’Keeffe: I thought she was your team captain Dave?

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    @Orla Smith:

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    Mar 26th 2019, 1:52 PM

    @Shane Dignam: what gave you that impression? At least you’re posts have thought behind them, no matter how misguided I believe them to be, I’d rather read yours than hers.

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    @Dave O’Keeffe: Thanks Dave. I appreciate the thought and would have to say same goes, as unlike most around here, at least you research what you’re talking about, although mostly in the propaganda publications which put you off the trail. I’d suggest you check out ‘theduran’ on YouTube for coverage of this topic. They’ve been pretty spot on with their coverage of all things Russia investigation and Mueller.

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    @Orla Smith: grow up snowflake and turn off PMSNBC.
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    Mar 26th 2019, 6:42 PM

    @Orla Smith: one question for you “Orla”. If no crime was found, how can there be obstruction of justice? 2800 subpoenas and 500 search warrants executed by the Mueller witch hunt and you somehow know more than they do.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 10:46 AM

    If there is nothing to hide then why won’t they release the report to Congress? If there is nothing to hide then why have five people who worked with Trump pled guilty to lying to teh FBI, lying to Congress, obstructing justice, and witness tampering? Why did they plead guilty to doing those things if they were not trying to hide something bigger? What testimony did they all give in return for their plea deals? Unless Congress is given access to the report these questions still remain.

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    @DavidOReilly: you must feel pretty gullible and stupid now that you’ve been shown to be an easily malleable fool who will unquestionably believe whatever TV man tells you as long as it aligns with your biases and hits you right in the feels. Have you learned anything from all of this? Of course not, I’ll await your next loony conspiracy theory with bated breath.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 7:39 AM

    @DavidOReilly: you’ve spent two years believing absolute nonsense because you are a programmable NPC. A large investigation has shown that the things you believed were absolute nonsense, as many people were telling you for a long time. Under the circumstances do you really think yourself in a position to cast aspersions on the intellect of others, or even on the intellect of inanimate objects?

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    Mar 26th 2019, 7:44 AM

    @Winston Smith: Are you crying mate? It’s going to be okay *ruffles hair*

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    Mar 26th 2019, 7:52 AM

    @Orla Smith: Ruffle hair !!!!

    Seriously!!! I do hope you can do better than that. Do you have an adult response ???

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    Mar 26th 2019, 10:27 AM

    @Winston Smith: “programmable NPC.”…oh dear

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    Mar 26th 2019, 10:34 AM

    @DJ François: it’s an accurate description, of you too. You believe things if they “feel” true, and repetition is more powerful than critical and logical reasoning. Two years you fools swallowed this obvious and transparent nonsense whole, not because of evidence you were presented, or because you deduced it by reason, but because you were programmed to believe it. Even now it’s shown to be utterly false some of you NPCs think those that doubted the nonsense are somehow stupid (see David above). And do you know why ye think that? Because you’ve been programmed to think that.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 12:38 PM

    @Winston Smith: alt-right bingo buzzword, try a bit of original thought. For what it is worth I also said to wait until the investigation is over. So quit attributing stuff I didn’t say-another trait of Trumps fanbois

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    Mar 26th 2019, 4:15 PM

    @Duncan: not many of them in the comment section of this second hand news App.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 11:11 AM

    Civil war is coming. It’ll make good telly.

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    Mar 26th 2019, 4:18 PM

    @SidNolan: yeah… and in the UK as well… 2 civil wars and we can sell them stuff…

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    Mar 27th 2019, 2:04 AM

    Quite right President Trump keep up the good work MAGA

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    Mar 27th 2019, 8:13 PM

    He should start with himself evil git

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