Donald Trump can’t shake Mueller’s prying and Other mounting legal trouble’s….

President Trump, during a semi-surprise appearance on Fox & Friends Friday morning, said that the Justice Department’s inspector general report, which ultimately concluded that then-FBI Director James Comey was not politically biased and that any political biases that did exist did not compromise the FBI’s work, was wrong, and that what Comey did “was criminal.”

Sounding off on the DOJ’s FBI report:

• “The end result was wrong. There was total bias. Look at Peter Strzok.”
• “What they did during the election was a disgrance… You look at what happened, they were plotting against my election. I’m actually proud because I beat the Clinton Dynasty, I beat Bush Dynasty, Now, I guess, hopefully I’m in the process of beating very dishonest intelligence.”
• Should Comey be locked up? “What [Comey] did was criminal. What he did was a terrible thing to the people. What he did was so bad in terms of our Constitution, in terms of the well-being of our country. What he did was horrible. Should he be locked up? Let somebody make the determination.”

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Thursday that it’s time for special counsel Robert Mueller to conclude the federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with Moscow by President Trump.

“What I think about the Mueller investigation is, they ought to wrap it up. It’s gone on seemingly forever and I don’t know how much more they think they can find out,” the Kentucky Republican said in an interview with “Behind Closed Doors,” a Washington Examiner podcast.

McConnell said he had not reviewed the explosive Department of Justice inspector general report examining the FBI’s flawed handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state. Clinton was the Democratic presidential nominee in 2016…

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…McConnell’s expressed impatience, especially considering his tendency to speak deliberately and economically, suggests that Senate Republicans are growing weary of the investigation as crucial midterm elections draw near. Republicans in the Senate have an opportunity to gain seats, even as the overall environment is sour for their party, and they worry about outside factors spoiling their prospects.

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