Republicans argue department officials conspired against Trump as they started an investigation into his ties to Russia and cleared Democrat Hillary Clinton in a separate probe of her email use. The dossier was Democratic-funded opposition research on Trump’s ties to Russia compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele. “This while the president of the United States is lying about the FBI, attacking the FBI and attacking the rule of law in this country. Trump has repeatedly gone after the FBI for bias as his campaign has been under investigation. He has called special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation a “hoax.” On Sunday, he called his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, a “rat” because he has cooperated with prosecutors.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 18, 2018 12:33 UTC