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Donald Trump: “The saddest thing is that because I'm the president of the United States I am not supposed to be involved with the…”

On the recordNovember 1, 2017
The saddest thing is that because I'm the president of the United States I am not supposed to be involved with the Justice Department. I'm not supposed to be involved with the FBI. I'm not supposed to be doing the kind of things that I would love to be doing, and I'm very frustrated by that.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Donald Trump expresses frustration about not being able to involve himself in investigations related to his administration.

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