"Study the late Joseph McCarthy because we are now in period with Mueller and his gang that make Joseph McCarthy look like a baby! Rigged Witch Hunt!" said Trump on Twitter.
This kind of comparison has become a staple of Trump s tweets in which he regularly refers to the probe headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as McCarthyism and a "witch hunt " Efe reported.
Since May 2017 Mueller has been tasked with heading an independent investigation of possible links between Trump s 2016 presidential campaign and the Kremlin.
US media reported Saturday that Mueller s team of prosecutors have proposed up to six months in prison for George Papadopoulos a former adviser to Trump for having lied to the FBI during questioning of him for the Russia probe.
Papadopoulos is expected to be sentenced on Sept. 7.
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