President Trump protested what he perceived to be unfair treatment following the Justice Department’s appointment Wednesday evening of a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 election. “With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign [and] Obama Administration, there was never a special counsel appointed!” Trump tweeted. “This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!” While there have been many famous political witch hunts, this is only the second time the Justice Department has moved to name a special counsel. The first time was in 1999 during the investigation into the federal raid that left 76 people dead in Waco, Texas.
"This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" Signs now even @GOP sees Trump's nuts: pic.twitter.com/Kmbpalfted
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) May 18, 2017