WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump attacked the FBI and lawmakers probing suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, drawing sharp grievance for saying an over the top center of attention on Russia led investigators to miss indicators that will have prevented a dangerous college taking pictures in Florida.
In a series of tweets over the weekend from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump mentioned congressional investigations and political "hatred" showed Russia had succeeded in sowing "discord, disruption and chaos" in the United States.
He accused his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, of failing to do enough to prevent Russian election interference.
"They are laughing their asses off in Moscow," Trump tweeted on Sunday morning.
In a tweet on Saturday night time, Trump criticized the Federal Bureau of Investigation for missing warning indicators in terms of Nikolas Cruz, 19, who's charged with killing 17 people on Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a Fort Lauderdale suburb.
The FBI said on Friday that it failed to investigate a warning that Cruz possessed a gun and the desire to kill.
"Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable," Trump wrote. "They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collusion," he added.
The Republican president introduced no evidence of any link between the investigation of Russian meddling and the FBI’s failure to forestall the Florida taking pictures, the deadliest-ever at a US. highschool.
Student survivors of the massacre slammed Trump for connecting it to the Russia probe, which has shadowed his year-old presidency.
"Oh my god. 17 OF MY CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS ARE GONE AND YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO MAKE THIS ABOUT RUSSIA???!!" Morgan Williams, 16, tweeted. "HAVE A DAMN HEART."
Several lawmakers, including a fellow Republican, also rejected Trump’s linking of the FBI’s missteps in combating the taking pictures to the Russia probe.
"So many folks in the FBI are doing all that they can to keep us safe. The reality of it is, is that they are two separate issues," Republican Senator Tim Scott mentioned on CBS’ "Face the Nation" program.
Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates tweeted: "Our president uses the tragedy to attack the investigation of a foreign adversary’s interference in our democracy. Shameful."
Yates, who have been a holdover from the Obama administration, used to be fired early in the Trump presidency for refusing to protect go back and forth restrictions on a number of Muslim-majority countries.
The FBI didn't immediately reply to a request for touch upon Trump’s tweet.
Indictments
On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russians and three Russian firms with conspiracy to tamper in the 2016 US. election.
Mueller’s indictment mentioned the Russians followed false on-line personas to push divisive messages and staged political rallies while posing as Americans.
In one among 13 tweets Trump sent after Mueller’s indictment, the president mentioned he "never said Russia did not meddle in the election."
Trump has on a number of events, however, puzzled whether Russia used to be at the back of efforts to interfere in the 2016 election.
US. undercover agent businesses concluded more than a 12 months ago that Russia used hacking and propaganda to take a look at to tilt the election in choose of Trump. Russian President Vladimir Putin has many times denied that.
After Mueller’s indictment used to be made public on Friday, Trump mentioned it backed up his statement that there used to be no collusion between his marketing campaign and Russia.
The indictment didn't address whether anyone from the Trump marketing campaign coordinated or worked with Russians. Mueller’s broader probe is ongoing.
"It wasn’t designed to be able to clear everything on the investigation," Republican Senator James Lankford mentioned on NBC’s "Meet the Press."
"It was designed to say it was very clear these 13 individuals in this set of companies were trying to interfere in our election," mentioned Lankford, who sits at the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Trump, in a Sunday morning tweet, belittled Representative Adam Schiff, the senior Democrat at the House Intelligence Committee that is investigating Russia’s actions, labeling him a leaking "monster."
Schiff, speaking on CNN’s "State of the Union" program, mentioned details of the indictment provided "overwhelming and unequivocal" evidence of the risk from Russian interference and countered Trump’s assertions that the Russia investigation used to be a "hoax."
"This is a president who claims vindication anytime someone sneezes," Schiff mentioned.
In a series of tweets over the weekend from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump mentioned congressional investigations and political "hatred" showed Russia had succeeded in sowing "discord, disruption and chaos" in the United States.
He accused his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, of failing to do enough to prevent Russian election interference.
"They are laughing their asses off in Moscow," Trump tweeted on Sunday morning.
If it used to be the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos inside the U.S. then, with all of the Committe… https://t.co/fx3CPabzTi
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 1518959488000 In a tweet on Saturday night time, Trump criticized the Federal Bureau of Investigation for missing warning indicators in terms of Nikolas Cruz, 19, who's charged with killing 17 people on Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a Fort Lauderdale suburb.
The FBI said on Friday that it failed to investigate a warning that Cruz possessed a gun and the desire to kill.
"Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable," Trump wrote. "They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collusion," he added.
The Republican president introduced no evidence of any link between the investigation of Russian meddling and the FBI’s failure to forestall the Florida taking pictures, the deadliest-ever at a US. highschool.
Student survivors of the massacre slammed Trump for connecting it to the Russia probe, which has shadowed his year-old presidency.
"Oh my god. 17 OF MY CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS ARE GONE AND YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO MAKE THIS ABOUT RUSSIA???!!" Morgan Williams, 16, tweeted. "HAVE A DAMN HEART."
Several lawmakers, including a fellow Republican, also rejected Trump’s linking of the FBI’s missteps in combating the taking pictures to the Russia probe.
"So many folks in the FBI are doing all that they can to keep us safe. The reality of it is, is that they are two separate issues," Republican Senator Tim Scott mentioned on CBS’ "Face the Nation" program.
Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates tweeted: "Our president uses the tragedy to attack the investigation of a foreign adversary’s interference in our democracy. Shameful."
Yates, who have been a holdover from the Obama administration, used to be fired early in the Trump presidency for refusing to protect go back and forth restrictions on a number of Muslim-majority countries.
The FBI didn't immediately reply to a request for touch upon Trump’s tweet.
Indictments
On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russians and three Russian firms with conspiracy to tamper in the 2016 US. election.
Mueller’s indictment mentioned the Russians followed false on-line personas to push divisive messages and staged political rallies while posing as Americans.
In one among 13 tweets Trump sent after Mueller’s indictment, the president mentioned he "never said Russia did not meddle in the election."
Trump has on a number of events, however, puzzled whether Russia used to be at the back of efforts to interfere in the 2016 election.
US. undercover agent businesses concluded more than a 12 months ago that Russia used hacking and propaganda to take a look at to tilt the election in choose of Trump. Russian President Vladimir Putin has many times denied that.
After Mueller’s indictment used to be made public on Friday, Trump mentioned it backed up his statement that there used to be no collusion between his marketing campaign and Russia.
The indictment didn't address whether anyone from the Trump marketing campaign coordinated or worked with Russians. Mueller’s broader probe is ongoing.
"It wasn’t designed to be able to clear everything on the investigation," Republican Senator James Lankford mentioned on NBC’s "Meet the Press."
"It was designed to say it was very clear these 13 individuals in this set of companies were trying to interfere in our election," mentioned Lankford, who sits at the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Trump, in a Sunday morning tweet, belittled Representative Adam Schiff, the senior Democrat at the House Intelligence Committee that is investigating Russia’s actions, labeling him a leaking "monster."
Schiff, speaking on CNN’s "State of the Union" program, mentioned details of the indictment provided "overwhelming and unequivocal" evidence of the risk from Russian interference and countered Trump’s assertions that the Russia investigation used to be a "hoax."
"This is a president who claims vindication anytime someone sneezes," Schiff mentioned.
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