Trump seeks to take victory lap on ‘illegal Witch Hunts’

Published June 10, 2021 4:21pm ET



Donald Trump sought to take a victory lap related to “illegal Witch Hunts” against him following testimony by former White House counsel Don McGahn related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and after the release of an inspector general report on last summer’s protests at Lafayette Park.

“This week I have been totally exonerated by the Inspector General in the clearing of Lafayette Park, despite earlier reports that it was done for political purposes,” the former president said in a tweemail statement on Thursday morning. “And I have also been totally exonerated in Congress by the testimony of former White House lawyer Don McGahn. It came, it went, and it was a big ‘nothingburger.’”

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