Donald Trump Jr unleashed a tweetstorm on Sunday celebrating the Mueller Report findings which indicate the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia while taking aim at House Rep. Adam Schiff.
‘Has anyone heard from slimy Adam #fullofschiff Schiff today?’ Don Jr tweeted on Sunday.
‘I mean it must be embarrassing to have have spent the last 2 years as the leader of the tinfoil hat brigade and have it all come crashing down so quick.
‘I’m legitimately concerned for his mental state.’
Donald Trump Jr (left) launched a tweetstorm on Sunday celebrating the Mueller Report findings which indicate the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia while taking aim at House Rep. Adam Schiff (right)
‘Has anyone heard from slimy Adam #fullofschiff Schiff today?’ Don Jr tweeted on Sunday. ‘I mean it must be embarrassing to have have spent the last 2 years as the leader of the tinfoil hat brigade and have it all come crashing down so quick. I’m legitimately concerned for his mental state’
Schiff, the California Democrat, has been among the most vocal lawmakers who have repeatedly commented on the Mueller probe and other investigations into Trump and his campaign.
He is currently the chairman of the powerful House Intelligence Committee.
Schiff did post tweets on Sunday in response to Barr's letter.
The Democrat called for the entire Mueller Report to be released to the public.
'Mueller spent two years investigating obstruction of justice and found evidence that “does not exonerate” Trump,' Schiff tweeted on Sunday.
'Barr took two days to set aside that evidence.
'The entire report must be published and evidence provided to Congress so the American people can judge for themselves.'
Schiff did post tweets on Sunday in response to Attorney General William Barr's letter. The Democrat called for the entire Mueller Report to be released to the public
Schiff continued: 'I trust Mueller’s prosecutorial judgement, but the country must see the evidence'
Schiff continued: 'Mueller did not find sufficient evidence to establish conspiracy, notwithstanding Russian offers to help Trump’s campaign, their acceptance, and a litany of concealed interactions with Russia.
'I trust Mueller’s prosecutorial judgement, but the country must see the evidence.'
The president’s eldest son unleashed a barrage of tweets on Sunday claiming victory and slamming ‘collusion truthers in the media and the Democrat Party’ who ‘are only going to double down on their sick and twisted conspiracy theories moving forward.’
‘After more than two [sic] years of non-stop conspiracy theories from CNN, MSNBC, Buzzfeed and the rest of the mainstream media, as well as daily lies and smears coming from Democrats in Washington, the Mueller Report proves what those of us with sane minds have known all along, there was ZERO collusion with Russia,’ Don Jr said in a statement he posted to Twitter.
‘Sadly, instead of apologizing for needlessly destabilizing the country in a transparent attempt to delegitimize the 2016 election, it’s clear that the Collusion Truthers in the media and the Democrat Party are only going to double down on their sick and twisted conspiracy theories moving forward.
The president’s eldest son unleashed a barrage of tweets on Sunday claiming victory and slamming ‘collusion truthers in the media and the Democrat Party’ who ‘are only going to double down on their sick and twisted conspiracy theories moving forward.’
Don Jr blasted 'the farce that the Democrats and their media lackeys perpetrated on the American people for over 2 years'
Don Jr then tweeted: ‘Before the media runs cover for the Dem’s 2 years of lies: note...19 leftist Hillary supporting lawyers, 40 FBI agents, +/- $50,000,000 spent, 2800 subpoenas, 500 witnesses, 500 search warrants, 230 communications records, 50 phone taps 13 foreign govt intel requests...NO COLLUSION'
Don Jr also blasted Schiff and another California Democrat, Eric Swalwell
Don Jr then accused the Democrats of 'tripling down' by criticizing Attorney General Bill Barr
Don Jr also tweeted in support of his father's idea to 'investigate the investigators,' saying 'those responsible should be held accountable for this stain on American Democracy'
When a reporter mentioned that news outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post received Pulitzer Prizes for stories related to the Russia investigation, Don Jr replied: ‘They should convert those Pulitzer’s to #fakenews awards.'
‘It’s my hope that honest journalists within the media have the courage to hold these now fully debunked truthers accountable and treat them with the scorn and ridicule that they so deserve.’
Don Jr wasn’t through. He continued posting messages on his Twitter account slamming the press.
When a reporter mentioned that news outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post received Pulitzer Prizes for stories related to the Russia investigation, Don Jr replied: ‘They should convert those Pulitzer’s to #fakenews awards.
‘How do you win a reporting award for reporting fake news? There should be a recall.
‘Those Pulitzer’s were earned like Liz Warren’s tenure.’
In response to a news item about President Trump calling for ‘an investigation of the investigators,’ Don Jr tweeted: ‘That’s one hell of an idea.
‘How this farce started and snowballed based on the actions of unelected bureaucrats into one the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated on the America should be discovered.
‘Those responsible should be held accountable for this stain on American Democracy.’
Don Jr then tweeted: ‘Before the media runs cover for the Dem’s 2 years of lies: note...19 leftist Hillary supporting lawyers, 40 FBI agents, +/- $50,000,000 spent, 2800 subpoenas, 500 witnesses, 500 search warrants, 230 communications records, 50 phone taps 13 foreign govt intel requests...
‘NO COLLUSION.’
The president’s son then took aim at Democratic members of Congress, specifically Schiff and Eric Swalwell.
‘No one should ever take Adam Schiff or Eric Swalwell seriously again,’ tweeted Lisa Boothe.
Don Jr then posted a photo of himself and his girlfriend, former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, tweeting: ‘Can everybody stop calling us Russian bots for being hot Trump supporters now?’
Don Jr noted that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein joined Attorney General William Barr in taking a position that the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia
'I never thought I'd see the day where Democrats are visibly upset that the President of the United States DIDN'T collude with the Russians,' Don Jr tweeted
Don Jr called the Russiagate speculation 'the largest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people'
To which Don Jr replied: ‘Did anyone actually ever take them seriously in the first place?’
In response to another tweet critical of Democrats who say Attorney General William Barr, who wrote a short summary of the Mueller Report which said that the investigation found Trump did not collude with Russia, Don Jr tweeted: ‘We knew it was coming... the patented Democrat triple down (X 100,000,000,000,000...)
‘When the media is on your payroll I guess you can get away with anything as proven by the last two years collusion farce.’
Don Jr then posted a photo of himself and his girlfriend, former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, tweeting: ‘Can everybody stop calling us Russian bots for being hot Trump supporters now?’
President Trump boasted Sunday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 22-month Russia probe ended with a 'complete exoneration,' slamming the entire operation as 'an illegal takedown that failed' and saying he hopes 'somebody is going to be looking at the other side.'
'There was no collusion with Russia, there was no obstruction and none whatsoever and it was a complete and total exoneration. It's a shame that our country had to go through this. To be honest, it's a shame that your president has had to go through this,' Trump said in West Palm Beach, Florida before he boarded Air Force One to return to Washington D.C.
Trump called the concept that his 2016 campaign aides would collude with agents of Russia the 'most ridiculous thing I've ever heard,' and claimed the Mueller probe was illegal, an argument he has long made.
'Before I even got elected it began. And it began illegally. ... This was an illegal takedown that failed, and hopefully somebody is going to be looking at the other side. So a complete exoneration, no collusion, no obstruction,' Trump emphasized.
He also tweeted a victory message: 'No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!'
Mueller concluded that Trump and his campaign did not collude with Russians in order to improve his chances of beating Democrat Hilary Clinton.
'No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION,' Trump tweeted on Sunday
But the findings will not be an end to the investigations surrounding the president. Instead they likely signal a new stage that will involve round after round of congressional subpoenas and hearings as House Democrats probe how Mueller came to his findings.
The special counsel did not draw a conclusion 'one way or the other' as to whether the president obstructed justice, according to the findings, but left that decision to Attorney General William Barr.
Barr explained it was a joint decision between him and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein - who was in charge of Mueller's investigation during the majority of its existence - not to charge the president.
He explained that the two men concluded 'the investigation is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.'
He wrote in his letter to Congress that long-standing Justice Department tradition of not indicting a sitting president had nothing to do with the decision.
'Our determination was made without regard to, and is not based on, the constitutional considerations that surround the indictment and criminal prosecution of a sitting president,' he wrote.
Mueller's conclusions were announced by Barr in a letter to the House and Senate Judiciary chairmen and ranking members on Sunday.
'The Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election,' the letter states.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders declared it a 'total and complete exoneration' of the president
Barr notes that Mueller investigated 'a number of actions by the president' that have been the subject of public reporting but 'did not draw a conclusion - one way or the other - as to whether the examined conduct constituted obstruction.'
But the letter also notes the special counsel did not 'exonerate' the president - a citation that Democrats are already clinging to as they push their demand for all the documents and evidence Mueller used in the making of his report.
'The Special Counsel states that "while this report does not conclude that · the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him,"' the letter states.
Barr also notes he plans to release as much of Mueller's report as possible to the public.
'My goal and intent is to release as much of the Special Counsel's report as I can consistent with applicable law, regulations, and Departmental policies,' although he did not give a timeline of when that might happen.
Mueller investigated a number of events from the 2016 campaign, including leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta that Wikileaks posted in the summer of 2016.
Longtime Trump confident Roger Stone was indicted by Mueller for lying about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails that damaged Clinton's campaign.
The Stone indictment alleged that a top Trump campaign official instructed Stone to get information from WikiLeaks about hacked.
There were questions as to whether that Trump campaign official was the president himself. Stone claims that official is Rick Gates, who is cooperating with Mueller's investigation, and whom Stone claims is seeking a reduction in his sentence.
Mueller also examined the infamous Trump Tower meeting in June of 2016 when then-campaign manager Paul Manafort, Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner met with a lawyer with ties to the Kremlin who claimed to have information on Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Trump Jr. slammed the investigation, which entangled him, his siblings and the Trump Organization, in a statement.
'After more than 2 years of non-stop conspiracy theories from CNN, MSNBC, Buzzfeed and the rest of the mainstream media, as well as daily lies and smears coming from Democrats in Washington, the Mueller Report proves what those of us with sane minds have known all along, there was ZERO collusion with Russia,' he said.
'Sadly, instead of apologizing for needlessly destabilizing the country in a transparent attempt to delegitimize the 2016 election, it's clear that the Collusion Truthers in the media and the Democrat Party are only going to double down on their sick and twisted conspiracy theories moving forward,' he said.
He added: 'It's my hope that honest journalists within the media have the courage to hold these now fully debunked truthers accountable and treat them with the scorn and ridicule that they so deserve.'
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders declared the findings a 'total and complete exoneration' of the president.
'The Special Counsel did not find any collusion and did not find any obstruction. AG Barr and DAG Rosenstein further determined there was no obstruction. The findings of the Department of Justice are a total and complete exoneration of the President of the United States,' she wrote on Twitter.
But it is not the end of investigations surrounding the president.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler announced on Twitter his committee would be calling Barr before them to explain how he reached the conclusion Trump should not be charged.
'Special Counsel Mueller worked for 22 months to determine the extent to which President Trump obstructed justice. Attorney General Barr took 2 days to tell the American people that while the President is not exonerated, there will be no action by DOJ,' Nadler wrote.
'In light of the very concerning discrepancies and final decision making at the Justice Department following the Special Counsel report, where Mueller did not exonerate the President, we will be calling Attorney General Barr in to testify before @HouseJudiciary in the near future,' he added.
And Democrats vowed earlier Sunday to continue their examination of the president.
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