WASHINGTON — Fresh off three days of private meetings with his personal lawyers, President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on Thursday on the special counsel investigation, calling it “A TOTAL WITCH HUNT LIKE NO OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY!”The barrage, launched on Twitter, ended a period of relative quiet by the president about the investigation, which has ensnared some of his former aides.Read More: Former InfoWars correspondent expects to be charged in Mueller probe for connections to WikiLeaks Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions, endangering Mueller investigationActing U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker will consult with ethics officials over recusalThe text of Trump’s tweets: “The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess. They have found no collusion and have gone absolutely nuts. They are screaming and shouting at people, horribly threatening them to come up with the answers they want. They are a disgrace to our Nation and don’t care how many lives the ruin. These are Angry People, including the highly conflicted Bob Mueller, who worked for Obama for 8 years. They won’t even look at all of the bad acts and crimes on the other side. A TOTAL WITCH HUNT LIKE NO OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY!”In recent days, Trump had been relatively quiet about the investigation. He returned Sunday from a trip to Paris to face criticism for his decision to skip a solemn visit to an American cemetery in France, part of events to mark 100 years since the end of World War I.When he got back to Washington, Trump stepped into private sessions with his personal lawyers, people close to the legal team said. They were drafting answers to questions from the special counsel, Robert Mueller, whose team is investigating possible links between Trump associates and Russia’s election interference and whether Trump has obstructed the inquiry itself.But it was unclear what may have motivated Trump’s messages on ...
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