Attacks NYT and disparages White House counsel McGahn as a "RAT" over Mueller cooperation

After The New York Times reported that White House counsel Don McGahn had cooperated extensively with Special Counsel Robert Mueller across roughly 30 hours of interviews, Trump attacked the report and framed McGahn's testimony as a betrayal, invoking Watergate figure John Dean and the epithet "RAT." Trump claimed he had authorized the cooperation and had "nothing to hide," recasting the investigation as a "Rigged and Disgusting Witch Hunt" and "McCarthyism at its WORST!" The posts were widely read as an effort to intimidate a cooperating witness and to delegitimize the Mueller probe. Legal observers noted the tension between claiming transparency and publicly denigrating a witness who testified.

"The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel, he must be a John Dean type 'RAT.'" Quote verified against source