--- title: Donald Trump Slams Russia Investigation As Charges Near description: President Donald Trump went on a Sunday morning twitter spree about Hillary Clinton and the Democratic party. canonical: https://time.com/5001700/donald-trump-russia-witch-hunt/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-29T15:53:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:54:01.478Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Slams Russia Investigation As Democrats' 'Witch Hunt for Evil Politics' og:description: As the first charges are reportedly drawing nearer og:url: https://time.com/5001700/donald-trump-russia-witch-hunt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41d7ffa3a17e71ee/6988e3c6656a3f12babd2442/donald-trump-russia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Trump Russia Investigation og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Slams Russia Investigation As Democrats' 'Witch Hunt for Evil Politics' twitter:description: As the first charges are reportedly drawing nearer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41d7ffa3a17e71ee/6988e3c6656a3f12babd2442/donald-trump-russia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Witch Hunt for Evil Politics.' 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Trump Talks With Press Before Boarding Marine One_  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Oct 29, 2017 3:53 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump pauses while meeting with children of the White House press corps dressed in Halloween costumes at the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump pauses while meeting with children of the White House press corps dressed in Halloween costumes at the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Oct 29, 2017 3:53 PM UTC In a Sunday morning Twitter spree, President Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party of using an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election as a “witch hunt for evil politics.” “Never seen such Republican ANGER & UNITY as I have concerning the lack of investigation on Clinton made Fake Dossier (now $12,000,000?)…the Uranium to Russia deal, the 33,000 plus deleted Emails, the Comey fix and so much more. Instead they look at phony Trump/Russia,….“collusion,” which doesn’t exist,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “The Dems are using this terrible (and bad for our country) Witch Hunt for evil politics, but the R’s …are now fighting back like never before. There is so much GUILT by Democrats/Clinton, and now the facts are pouring out. DO SOMETHING!” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/924635359480303616) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/924639422066384896) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/924641278947622913) It was not immediately clear who Trump was telling to “do something.” But the series of tweets come after [CNN reported](http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/politics/first-charges-mueller-investigation/index.html) that a federal grand jury had approved the first charges filed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who’s investigating Russian electoral interference and any potential links between Russia and the Trump campaign. The charges could be made public as early as Monday, CNN reported. Trump also said that the conversation about Russia was a distraction to prevent Republicans from [passing tax reform](http://time.com/4998765/tax-reform-budget-vote/). “All of this “Russia” talk right when the Republicans are making their big push for historic Tax Cuts & Reform. Is this coincidental? NOT!” [he wrote.](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/924649059520073730) ## Transcript What's your reaction to democrats [ INAUDIBLE ]? Well I think it's very sad what they've done with this fake dossier. It was made up and I understand they paid a tremendous amount of money and Hillary Clinton always denied it. The democrats always denied it. And now only because it's gonna come out in a court case they said yes they did it. They admitted it. And they're embarrassed by it. But I think it's a disgrace. It's a very sad commentary on politics in this country. He was against me from before he ever knew me. He wrote a book about me before I ever met him, before I ever heard his name His poll numbers in Arizona were so low that he couldn't win and I don't blame him for leaving I think he did the right thing for himself, he would have never won. In fact, even in the primary he's way down in the primary, so he did the smart thing for himself, this way he can get out somewhat gracefully We have actually great unity in the Republican Party. Yesterday I was- [ INAUDIBLE ] No, that's okay. Look, they have to do their thing. We have great unity. You look at what happened yesterday at the meeting. We had, I guess, virtually ever senator, including John McCain. We had a great conversation yesterday, John McCain and myself.. About the military. I think we had a tremendous- I called it a love fest, it was almost a love fest, maybe it was a love fest. But we, standing ovations, there is great unity, I mean, if you look at the Democrats with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, that's a mess. There's great unity in the Republican Party. [ SOUND ] I was really nice to her. I respect her, I respect her family, I certainly respect La David who I by the way call La David right from the beginning just so you understand. They put a chart in front La David, says La David Johnson So I called right from the beginning. There's no hesitation. One of the great memories of all time. There was no hesitation. I think she's a fantastic woman. I was extremely nice to her, extremely respectful. I gave them authority to do what's right, so that we win. That's the authority they have. I want to win. And we're going to win, and we're beating ISIS very badly. You look at what's happened in the middle east. We have done more in eight months than the previous administration has done in many years. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5001700/donald-trump-russia-witch-hunt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5001700/donald-trump-russia-witch-hunt/"},"headline":"'Witch Hunt for Evil Politics.' 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