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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu May 30, 2019, 08:24 PM May 2019

Trump Issues Flurry of Falsehoods After Mueller Declined to Exonerate Him

President Donald Trump rattled off numerous contradictory statements, baseless accusations and falsehoods Thursday morning following former special counsel Robert Mueller’s rare on-camera statement the day prior, in which he reiterated one of his report’s conclusions that he could not exonerate the president of committing any crimes.

Among the false claims made by Trump to reporters on the White House’s South Lawn before boarding Marine One were that Russia wanted Hillary Clinton to be elected and that the courts would prevent Congress from impeaching him. On the former special counsel, Trump falsely or baselessly claimed that Mueller cleared him of any criminal wrongdoing, wanted another stint as FBI director, was a “never-Trumper” and had conflicts of interest that should have prevented him from becoming special counsel.

In addition to the false claims, the president contradicted himself after publicly admitting—for the first time—in a tweet that “Russia help[ed] me to get elected.”

“Russia did not help me get elected,” Trump told reporters minutes later. “You know who got me elected? You know who got me elected? I got me elected. Russia didn’t help me at all. Russia, if anything, I think, helped the other side.” He falsely added that “Russia would rather have Hillary Clinton as president.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/trump-issues-flurry-of-falsehoods-after-mueller-declined-to-exonerate-him/ar-AAC9Jzj?li=BBnbcA1

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Trump Issues Flurry of Falsehoods After Mueller Declined to Exonerate Him (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 OP
Why must they use the word falsehoods? Is it slander dewsgirl May 2019 #1
"Falsehood" again/still?!?!?!? BigmanPigman May 2019 #2
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