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Trump blames reported obstruction-of-justice investigation on 'phony story'

"They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice"

President Donald Trump speaks about healthcare in front of Air Force One, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wis.

President Donald Trump on Thursday seemed to acknowledge an obstruction-of-justice investigation into his firing of James Comey as FBI director, blasting it as a "phony story."

"They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice," Trump tweeted Thursday morning.

The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the FBI's investigation into Russian election interference expanded last month to include whether Trump tried to obstruct justice. That investigation is being overseen by Robert Mueller, who was appointed as a special counsel last month.

It was not immediately clear whom "they" referred to, but Trump has repeatedly blamed the news media and Democrats for investigations into whether his presidential campaign colluded with Russia to meddle in last year's election.

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Trump wrote in a follow-up tweet that he was the victim of a "witch hunt" and called the people behind the investigations "very bad and conflicted."

"You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history — led by some very bad and conflicted people! #MAGA," Trump tweeted Thursday, using an acronym for his slogan "Make America Great Again."

The scope of the investigation had previously been limited to determining whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to meddle in last year's election. Comey, who was leading the FBI's Russia investigation when Trump fired him last month, said in a Senate testimony last week that he had told Trump three times between January and March that Trump was not personally under investigation. Trump said he felt "vindicated" by Comey's testimony.

That changed after Trump fired Comey. The day after Comey's dismissal, Trump told two Russian diplomats in an Oval Office meeting that by firing Comey, whom he reportedly called a "nut job," he had taken "great pressure" off himself, according to The New York Times. Days later, he told NBC's Lester Holt that "the Russia thing" had been on his mind when he dismissed the FBI director.

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