Late Wednesday night Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account and attempted to quell speculation about a comment he made to Chief Justice John Roberts following his speech to the nation on Tuesday night.
Multiple outlets reported on the exchange which was picked up on a hot mic, where the president told the jurist "Thank you again. Thank you again. Won’t forget it,” as he patted Roberts on the arm.
That has led to speculation that Trump was giving a late thanks to Roberts for penning the conservative-majority decision that granted Trump wide-ranging immunity for most all crimes past and future.
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On Truth Social, the president said questions about the exchange are much ado about nothing and called journalists who noted it "sleazebags."
On Truth Social, he raged, "The Fake 'Play the Ref' News, in order to create a divide between me and our great U.S. Supreme Court, heard me say last night, loudly and openly as I was walking past the Justices on the way to the podium, 'thank you,' to Chief Justice John Roberts."
"Like most people, I don’t watch Fake News CNN or MSDNC, but I understand they are going 'crazy' asking what is it that I was thanking Justice Roberts for? They never called my office to ask, of course, but if they had I would have told these sleazebag 'journalists' that I thanked him for SWEARING ME IN ON INAUGURATION DAY, AND DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN SO DOING!" he said.
He then snapped, "The Fake News never quits!"
You can see his post here.
