--- description: U.S. President Donald Trump called on the Senate Intelligence Committee to investigate the news media title: Trump: Sen. Intel Committee Should Probe Fake News Networks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1b2e24ea9d19fd2/6988e0a04ee2625ccd30f474/gettyimages-856671012.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'FAKE!' Trump Wants Senate Intelligence Committee to Probe 'Fake News Networks' by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2017 12:31 PM CUT  U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement on the Las Vegas mass shooting at the Diplomatic Room of the White House October 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement on the Las Vegas mass shooting at the Diplomatic Room of the White House October 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2017 12:31 PM CUT U.S. President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4969162/brooke-shields-donald-trump-date/ "undefined") called on the Senate Intelligence Committee, currently investigating Russia’s possible collusion with Trump during the 2016 election, to launch a probe into the news media. “Why Isn’t the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!” Trump tweeted on Thursday morning. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/915894251967385600) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/915907150333009920) Trump’s tweets comes after [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/tillerson-s-fury-trump-required-intervention-pence-n806451?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=newsletter%5Faxiosam&stream=top-stories "undefined") reported that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Trump a “moron” during a Pentagon meeting in July and had been on the verge of resigning this summer. Tillerson dismissed the resignation claim as “erroneous” reporting, but didn’t explicitly deny the name calling, [Associated Press](http://time.com/4968932/rex-tillerson-secretary-state-trump-moron/ "undefined") reports. “We don’t deal with that kind of petty nonsense,” Tillerson said. “I’m just not going to be part of this effort to divide this administration.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4970374/donald-trump-twitter-fake-news/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4970374/donald-trump-twitter-fake-news/"},"headline":"'FAKE!' 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