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Trump lashes out at Republican lawmaker who says he committed impeachable offenses

WASHINGTON - President Trump on Sunday blasted the lone congressional Republican who has suggested the president has committed impeachable offenses, as party members - even sometime critics - closed ranks around the White House, denying that the evidence in the special counsel's report suggests Trump acted to obstruct justice.

The president, who spent a sunny but humid Sunday at his Virginia golf course, branded Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) a "loser" for becoming the first member of his party to say that behavior laid out in Robert S. Mueller III's report met the "threshold" for impeachment. Amash stopped short, however, of calling for impeachment proceedings to begin.

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