Flustered over a recent New York Times report that White House counsel Don McGahn is cooperating with the Russia probe, President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday morning to vent, accusing the outlet of touting falsehoods.

“The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel, he must be a John Dean type ‘RAT,'” Trump wrote, adding that he “allowed him and all others to testify” and that he didn’t need to and has “nothing to hide.”

The Times scoop, broken by Michael Schmidt and Maggie Haberman, revealed McGahn racked up 30 hours with Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigative team, discussing the inner workings of Trump’s administration, including firings within the intelligence community.

But according to Trump, the probe is nothing but a “Rigged and Disgusting Witch Hunt” that has destroyed lives, exemplifying “McCarthyism at its WORST.” That allegation may be seen as ironic by Trump’s critics who’ve likened him to the former president over his targeting of dissidents.

The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel, he must be a John Dean type “RAT.” But I allowed him and all others to testify – I didn’t have to. I have nothing to hide……

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018

….and have demanded transparency so that this Rigged and Disgusting Witch Hunt can come to a close. So many lives have been ruined over nothing – McCarthyism at its WORST! Yet Mueller & his gang of Dems refuse to look at the real crimes on the other side – Media is even worse!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018

No Collusion and No Obstruction, except by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats. All of the resignations and corruption, yet heavily conflicted Bob Mueller refuses to even look in that direction. What about the Brennan, Comey, McCabe, Strzok lies to Congress, or Crooked’s Emails!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018

The Failing New York Times wrote a story that made it seem like the White House Councel had TURNED on the President, when in fact it is just the opposite – & the two Fake reporters knew this. This is why the Fake News Media has become the Enemy of the People. So bad for America!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018

Some members of the media are very Angry at the Fake Story in the New York Times. They actually called to complain and apologize – a big step forward. From the day I announced, the Times has been Fake News, and with their disgusting new Board Member, it will only get worse!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018

Study the late Joseph McCarthy, because we are now in period with Mueller and his gang that make Joseph McCarthy look like a baby! Rigged Witch Hunt!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018

The president tweeted so much about the Times report that the outlet’s communications team noted it in their advertisement of the piece, defending the reporting of its two Pulitzer-winning journalists.

The New York Times stands behind the reporting of our Pulitzer-Prize winning reporters @nytmike and @maggieNYT.

Read the article that President Trump has been tweeting about this morning: https://t.co/flzSzluITY

— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) August 19, 2018

For Trump, it’s simply the latest in a series of verbal assaults on the media designed to undercut their credibility and shame reporters uncovering turmoil within his administration.

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