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In 2-hour tweetstorm, Trump claims a president's 'complete power to pardon'

Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY Published 9:40 a.m. ET July 22, 2017 | Updated 10:39 a.m. ET July 22, 2017

A combative President Trump, reflecting growing pressure from the FBI's investigation of possible Russian ties to the campaign, issued a tweetstorm on Saturday claiming a president has the "complete power to pardon."

In his first tweet-o-rama since naming new Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, Trump also railed against "illegal" leaks from the "Amazon Washington Post,' which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, called for legal action against Hillary Clinton and former FBI director James Comey and declared ObamaCare "dead."

The 10-tweet blasts over a two-hour period began at 6:33 a.m. with a tweet complaining about an "intelligence leak" from The Washington Post about Attorney General Jeff Sessions regarding the purported contents of his meeting with the Russian ambassador, based on U.S. communication intercepts. Tweets Trump: "These illegal leaks, like Comey's, must stop!"
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