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 Arizona governor wants answers on Grand Canyon fire. After girl goes overboard on cruise, 'hero' dad to the rescue. Farmer killed by water buffalo a day after he bought them. Elmo's account got hacked. Report an error