President Donald Trump on Sunday gave a new nickname to Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for saying Matthew Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general is unconstitutional.
Trump said in a tweet that Schiff shouldn't complain that Whitaker wasn't confirmed by the Senate because neither was special counsel Robert Mueller, who's investigating 2016 election interference and possible ties between Moscow and Trump's campaign.
The Justice Department appoints special counsels.
Critics contend Trump illegally sidestepped procedure by appointing Whitaker over Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who's been confirmed.
In Trump's tweet, he changes the last letters of Schiff's last name to sound like a vulgar bathroom term.
Schiff's response: "That's a good one. Was that like your answers to Mr. Mueller's questions, or did you write this one yourself?"
Trump on Friday said that he, not his lawyers, wrote answers to questions from Mueller. Trump says he'll submit them soon to Mueller's team.
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