Donald Trump: Russia dossier is a ‘disgrace to America’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times - Monday, July 23, 2018

President Trump argued early Monday morning that the Russia dossier launched the “totally conflicted and discredited” Mueller investigation.

The president pointed out that it was the opposing Democratic Party who backed the dossier.

So we now find out that it was indeed the unverified and Fake Dirty Dossier, that was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC, that was knowingly & falsely submitted to FISA and which was responsible for starting the totally conflicted and discredited Mueller Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018

Mr. Trump quoted Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton who called for the White House to declassify more of the dossier during an interview on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” Monday. Mr. Fitton also claimed that classifying the document was an attempt to cover up inappropriate actions by intelligence agencies targeting the president.

“It was classified to cover up misconduct by the FBI and the Justice Department in misleading the Court by using this Dossier in a dishonest way to gain a warrant to target the Trump Team. This is a Clinton Campaign document. It was a fraud and a hoax designed to target Trump….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018

….and the DOJ, FBI and Obama Gang need to be held to account. Source #1 was the major source. Avoided talking about it being the Clinton campaign behind it. Misled the Court to provide a pretext to SPY on the Trump Team. Not about Carter Page..was all about getting Trump…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018

Mr. Trump called the dossier a “disgrace to America” and demanded that the Justice Department “drop the discredited Mueller Witch Hunt now.”

…..”Carter Page wasn’t a spy, wasn’t an agent of the Russians - he would have cooperated with the FBI. It was a fraud and a hoax designed to target Trump.” Tom Fitton @JudicialWatch A disgrace to America. They should drop the discredited Mueller Witch Hunt now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018

The FBI released over 400 pages of documents related to the investigation into the Trump campaign late Saturday. While much was redacted, the information provided showed that the controversial dossier was a main element in the request to spy on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.

The Russia dossier was written by former British spy Christopher Steele. The accusations in the document were unverified when published in full by BuzzFeed news during the 2016 election.

• Gabriella Muñoz can be reached at gmunoz@washingtontimes.com.