Washington — President Donald Trump responded angrily to reports that he is under criminal investigation Thursday, deriding a "witch hunt" against him led by some "very bad" people. He was answering accounts that he is personally being investigated for obstruction of justice with a characteristic scorched-earth defense: claiming mistreatment of historic proportions and calling into question the probity of his accusers. "You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history — led by some very bad and conflicted people!" he said in an early morning tweet. Trump did not directly address the allegations that he is being probed for possibly obstructing justice — a potentially impeachable offense. Nor did he deny that he has entered the miniscule ranks of sitting presidents who have become subjects of criminal investigations. "They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Ni...
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