President Trump argued Monday that using information from the Steele dossier to open the Russian collusion investigation into the Trump campaign is “a disgrace to America,” and said special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation should be dropped and “discredited.”
Trump quoted Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, who appeared on Fox News Monday morning, to make his case.
“This is a Clinton campaign document that was presented to the court as if it weren’t,” Fitton said. “And then they used reports about the Clinton campaign document and leak operation to further justify asking for a warrant to target the Trump team.”
Fitton said that although the dossier would seem to be about former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, the core of it was really “about getting at the Trump campaign.”
Trump tweeted out some quotes from Fitton’s interview to provide more support for his claim that the Russia collusion investigation being run by Mueller is a “witch hunt.”
“So we now find out that it was indeed the unverified and Fake Dirty Dossier, that was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC, that was knowingly & falsely submitted to FISA and which was responsible for starting the totally conflicted and discredited Mueller Witch Hunt!” Trump posted to Twitter Monday.
So we now find out that it was indeed the unverified and Fake Dirty Dossier, that was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC, that was knowingly & falsely submitted to FISA and which was responsible for starting the totally conflicted and discredited Mueller Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018
“It was classified to cover up misconduct by the FBI and the Justice Department in misleading the Court by using this Dossier in a dishonest way to gain a warrant to target the Trump Team. This is a Clinton Campaign document. It was a fraud and a hoax designed to target Trump….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018
….and the DOJ, FBI and Obama Gang need to be held to account. Source #1 was the major source. Avoided talking about it being the Clinton campaign behind it. Misled the Court to provide a pretext to SPY on the Trump Team. Not about Carter Page..was all about getting Trump…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018
…..”Carter Page wasn’t a spy, wasn’t an agent of the Russians – he would have cooperated with the FBI. It was a fraud and a hoax designed to target Trump.” Tom Fitton @JudicialWatch A disgrace to America. They should drop the discredited Mueller Witch Hunt now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018
The declassified FISA document is heavily redacted, and charges that Page “has been collaborating and conspiring with the Russian government.”
“Based on the foregoing facts and circumstances, the FBI submits that there is probable cause to believe that Page knowingly engaged in clandestine intelligence activities,” the report said. “[A]nd, therefore is an agent of a foreign power.”
