Dem Lawmaker Rips Trump: You Can’t Shut Down Mueller Probe, You’re Not A King Or Above The Rule Of Law

Democratic Rep. Don Beyer (Va.) on Monday ripped into President Trump’s tweet attacking special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, saying that Trump wasn’t “a king” who could shut down the investigation into his “potential crimes.”

“Getting competent lawyers to represent you has been a challenge, but there must be someone who can explain to you what ‘obstruction of justice’ means,” Beyer tweeted at Trump.

“You don’t get to suspend the rule of law or shut down investigations into your potential crimes,” he continued. “You are not a king.”

Getting competent lawyers to represent you has been a challenge, but there must be someone who can explain to you what “obstruction of justice” means.

You don’t get to suspend the rule of law or shut down investigations into your potential crimes. You are not a king. https://t.co/dr9Xsjb5AH

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) May 7, 2018

Trump slammed the probe earlier Monday, calling the investigation a “witch hunt” and claiming that he wasn’t obstructing justice, only “fighting back.”

The Russia Witch Hunt is rapidly losing credibility. House Intelligence Committee found No Collusion, Coordination or anything else with Russia. So now the Probe says OK, what else is there? How about Obstruction for a made up, phony crime.There is no O, it’s called Fighting Back

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2018

The 13 Angry Democrats in charge of the Russian Witch Hunt are starting to find out that there is a Court System in place that actually protects people from injustice…and just wait ‘till the Courts get to see your unrevealed Conflicts of Interest!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2018