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Tom Boggioni

Trump melts down over DOJ investigation

Former President Donald Trump speaks during the America First Agenda Summit organized by America First Policy Institute AFPI on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Following a Tuesday night bombshell report from the Washington Post that the Department of Justice has opened a massive criminal probe into Donald Trump's attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election, the former president went on an early morning muti-post tirade on Truth Social.

As expected, after the Post reported that aides to Mike Pence have been providing investigators with insider information about the former president's fake elector plot, Trump began a social media campaign that mainly consisted of pointing fingers all over the place while also pleading, "I was just doing my job as President."

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