Politics | President Trump Trump on Special Prosecutor: Biggest 'Witch Hunt' Ever in US The president weighs in via Twitter By Evann Gastaldo Posted May 18, 2017 10:16 AM CDT Copied President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" That was President Trump's Thursday morning tweet following news that a special prosecutor had been appointed to investigate whether Trump's campaign had ties to Russian tampering with the presidential election. He followed that tweet with: "With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special counsel appointed!" (Per Politico, Trump originally misspelled "counsel" as "councel.") The official White House statement on the matter was less combative. Read These Next New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Actor Sam Rockwell gets residuals from movie he wasn't in. Report an error