Trump erupts over congress demand for Mueller report just hours before deadline for release

'It won’t happen!'

Donald Trump has vented his frustration over House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler's subpoena for the release of the full Mueller report, just hours before a deadline set by congress for its disclosure.

Mr Trump wrote that "NOTHING WILL EVER SATISFY" those who want the Mueller report to be made available in full to the public, suggesting that it should not be released.

House Democrats have demanded that the report is made available by the end of today, and Mr Trump sent the tweet as that deadline approached. That deadline is expected to be missed, and House Democrats are readying further legal processes to require the findings and their underlying evidence to be made public.

That refusal – and Mr Trump's explosive tweet – puts Mr Trump and his attorney general in a fight against Democratic politicians.

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While attorney general William Barr has made public a summary of the report, Mr Mueller's full findings remain unknown and Democrats have demanded to know if the report found evidence of wrongdoing beyond the claims of collusion with the Russian state.

"In 1998, Rep.Jerry Nadler strongly opposed the release of the Starr Report on Bill Clinton," he posted on Twitter. "No information whatsoever would or could be legally released. But with the NO COLLUSION Mueller Report, which the Dems hate, he wants it all. NOTHING WILL EVER SATISFY THEM!"

The tweet was apparently posted in response to a discussion on TV show Fox and Friends, which the president is known to watch in the mornings.

Though Mr Trump is correct in suggesting that a number of Democrats opposed the release of the full report to the public, it was in fact made freely available in full.

Soon after that first post, Mr Trump posted a follow-up that attacked Mr Mueller and mocked Democrats for their interest in the report.

"Robert Mueller was a God-like figure to the Democrats, until he ruled No Collusion in the long awaited $30,000,000 Mueller Report," he wrote. "Now the Dems don’t even acknowledge his name, have become totally unhinged, and would like to go through the whole process again. It won’t happen!"

He then tweeted once again to suggest the the focus was distracting from his work in running the country.

"There is no amount of testimony or document production that can satisfy Jerry Nadler or Shifty Adam Schiff. It is now time to focus exclusively on properly running our great Country!"