Trump yells at TV sets over FBI probe

US President Donald Trump has acknowledged he is under federal investigation as part of the expanding probe into Russia’s election meddling.

He lashed out at a top Justice Department official overseeing the inquiry, reflecting his mounting frustration with the unrelenting controversy that has consumed his early presidency.

“I am being investigated for firing the FBI director by the man who told me to fire the FBI director! Witch Hunt,” he wrote on Twitter.

He apparently referred to Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general whose role leading the federal investigation has become increasingly complicated. The White House has used a memo he wrote to justify Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, but that Trump action may now be part of the probe.

Trump advisers and confidants describe the President as increasingly

I am being investigated for firing the FBI director by the man who told me to fire the FBI director! Witch Hunt. Donald Trump

angry over the investigation, yelling at TV sets in the White House carrying coverage and insisting he is the target of a conspiracy to discredit — and potentially end — his presidency.

Some of his ire is aimed at Rosenstein and investigative special counsel Robert Mueller, both of whom the president believes are biased against him, associates say.

Aides have counselled the President to stay off Twitter and focus on other aspects of his job. The President has denied that he has any nefarious ties to Russia and has also disputed that he’s attempted to block the investigation into his campaign’s possible role in Russia’s election-related hacking.