LIVE: Trump uses the White House podium to deliver a wild, off-script campaign-style rant against Mueller, Democrats, and 'dirty cops'

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• President Donald Trump took a victory lap on Thursday after Senate Republicans voted to acquit him of the two charges against him following a bitter impeachment trial.
• "It was evil, it was corrupt, it was dirty cops," Trump said of his impeachment trial. "It was leakers, liars, and this should never, ever happen to another president, ever."
• "If this happened to President Obama, a lot of people would have been in jail for a long time already, many, many years," Trump added.
• The president also singled out Utah Sen. Mitt Romney — the lone Republican who sided with Democrats to convict and remove Trump from office — and accused him of using religion "as a crutch."
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President Donald Trump on Thursday gave a speech to celebrate the Republican-controlled Senate voted to acquit him of both charges against him following a bitter impeachment trial.

Trump framed his impeachment as a "war," accused Democrats of treating him "unbelievably unfairly," and blamed "dirty" intelligence officials, including former FBI Director James Comey, for the way he was treated. 

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