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Trump Is Angry That the FBI Won’t Endorse His Theory of Victimhood

The president has already fired an FBI director and an acting director. Now he’s gunning for the present director, Chris Wray.
Source: Cathal McNaughton / Reuters

On March 24, Attorney General William Barr released a summary of the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report that stressed positive news for President Donald Trump. The redacted text of the report would not be released until April 18, more than four weeks later.

Over those four weeks, Trump and his supporters made the most of their one-sided information advantage. They blared “No collusion! No obstruction!” They dismissed the connections between the Trump campaign and Russia as

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