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...The president went on to accuse Mueller of lying before Congress when he told lawmakers he did not interview with Trump to apply for the job of FBI director, tweeting: "The whole deal was a total SCAM. If I wasn't President, I'd be suing everyone all over the place. BUT MAYBE I STILL WILL. WITCH HUNT!".
...The president's posts represent the latest development in his renewed assault against Mueller, which escalated last week after Trump expressed his disapproval of federal prosecutors' initial sentencing recommendation for Stone.
...After Trump tweeted last Tuesday that prosecutors' suggested seven-to-nine-year sentence for Stone was a "Miscarriage of justice," the Justice Department submitted a revised filing that offered no specific term for Stone's sentence but stated that the prosecutors' proposal "Could be considered excessive and unwarranted." The four prosecutors who had shepherded Stone's prosecution then withdrew from the case in protest.
...Attorney General William Barr confirmed in an interview Thursday that he had personally interceded to walk back Stone's stiff sentencing recommendation, but maintained that he did so hours before Trump tweeted his objection.
...Despite the attorney general's scolding, Trump tweeted Friday that he has the "Legal right" to demand that Barr take action in a federal criminal case, and he proceeded in his tweets Tuesday to denigrate the "Mueller prosecutors" assigned to Stone's case.
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