On Thursday, President Donald Trump went on Twitter to rant about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Even though Trump often releases his fury on the social media platform, this latest attack against Mueller could be revealing.
“The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess. They have found no collusion and have gone absolutely nuts. They are screaming and shouting at people, horribly threatening them to come up with the answers they want. They are a disgrace to our Nation,” the president tweeted.
However, The Atlantic suggested that Trump’s “specific” attacks on Mueller show that he is worried about the outcome of the investigation.
Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor said that Trump’s Twitter tirade “could just be another rant,” or that “that prosecutors had some sort of ‘time to get real’ conversation with someone implicated in the investigation, which was then relayed to Trump by defense attorneys.”
Federal prosecutor Dan Goldman suggested that Trump’s anxiety is growing because of the coming indictments.
“Indictments are coming, probably tomorrow,” Goldman said.
Read the full report here.