ADADThe first tweet Trump retweeted no longer appears on Twitter and appears to have been removed. Also on Tuesday, Trump retweeted a user who baselessly alleged that CNN “was already planning his funeral” after Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis. If anything should reinforce just how discerning Trump is with these conspiracy theories, it’s the other thing that happened Tuesday. Trump’s allies have long complained that the Russia investigation was based upon a similarly baseless conspiracy theory. The Justice Department inspector general, Michael Horowitz, has said the Russia investigation was properly predicated.

Source: Washington Post October 14, 2020 15:39 UTC