President Trump said Thursday that everyone involved in the Russia investigation is either corrupt or conflicted, and said it was started through illegal means.
Trump tweeted that the dossier compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele is “phony” and said many of those involved who were fired are “lying and dishonest,” possibly alluding to former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
“Stay tuned!” Trump concluded the tweet.
[Also read: Trump calls on Jeff Sessions to end Russia probe ‘right now’]
This is an illegally brought Rigged Witch Hunt run by people who are totally corrupt and/or conflicted. It was started and paid for by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats. Phony Dossier, FISA disgrace and so many lying and dishonest people already fired. 17 Angry Dems? Stay tuned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 9, 2018
Steele was hired by political research Fusion GPS during the presidential campaign to conduct research on then-candidate Trump. It was revealed in October 2017 that the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee had paid for the research that led to the dossier. The dossier eventually was handed over to the FBI, which used it to obtain warrants to surveil Trump aide Carter Page.
Many of the claims in the dossier, which contains salacious details about Trump’s trip to Moscow in 2013, have yet to be substantiated.
Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani predicted Wednesday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation would “blow up on them.”
“The real question is, what we talked about before, there’s a lot more to what they did that nobody knows about yet,” Giuliani said during an appearance on Fox News.
[Related: Trump publicly accuses Robert Mueller of having conflicts of interest]
