Trump laments he will never get his ‘reputation fully back’ after bombshell testimony that Hillary Clinton signed off on spreading discredited Russian collusion claim with the press

Trump laments he will never get his ‘reputation fully back’ after bombshell testimony that Hillary Clinton signed off on spreading discredited Russian collusion claim with the press

• Trump lashed out after testimony in trial of Clinton lawyer Michael Sussman
• Sussman is charged with lying to the FBI about the fact that he was representing Clinton’s 2016 campaign when he shared claim about a ‘covert server’
• Claim of a secret server in Trump Tower contacting Russia was later debunked 
• Clinton campaign official testified that she approved sharing claim with press
• Now Trump claims it is ‘one of the greatest political scandals in history’
• He lashed out at Mitch McConnell and Bill Barr for not ‘doing something’ 

By KEITH GRIFFITH and WILLS ROBINSON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 

PUBLISHED: 18:45 EDT, 21 May 2022 | UPDATED: 18:45 EDT, 21 May 2022

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Donald Trump has responded to court testimony indicating that Hillary Clinton approved disseminating discredited claims that a ‘covert server’ in Trump Tower communicated with a Russian bank. 

‘This is one of the greatest political scandals in history,’ Trump told Fox News Digital on Saturday, a day after former Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook testified in a Virginia court. 

Mook testified that in 2016 Clinton ‘agreed’ to share the secret server allegations with the media. The claims were later dismissed by the FBI as unfounded. https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.516.0_en.html#goog_1851185664PauseNext video0:13Full-screen

‘Where do I get my reputation back?’ asked Trump. ‘For three years, I had to fight her off, and fight those crooked people off, and you’ll never get your reputation fully back.’

Trump also lashed out at fellow Republicans Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, and his own Attorney General Bill Barr, accusing them of failing to respond more forcefully to the Russian collusion claims.+6View gallery

Donald Trump has responded to court testimony indicating that Hillary Clinton approved disseminating discredited claims about a ‘covert server’ in Trump Tower+6View gallery

The testimony came in the trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who is accused of lying to the FBI about his campaign ties

‘I had to fight them off,’ Trump said. ‘And if we had real leadership, instead of people like Mitch McConnell, they would do something about it. And guys like Bill Barr. They would have done something about it.’ 

Mook’s testimony came in the trial of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who is accused of lying to the FBI about his campaign ties when he brought them allegations that a secret server in Trump Tower was communicating with Kremlin-controlled Alfa Bank.

Former FBI General Counsel James Baker testified Thursday that the bureau investigated the ‘covert server’ allegation and found that ‘there was nothing there.’ 

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Sussman was the first to be charged in Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the FBI’s 2016 Trump-Russia probe. 

Mook told the court that he was first briefed about Alfa Bank by campaign general counsel Marc Elias.

He said he also discussed it with then senior adviser Jake Sullivan – now the White House National Security Adviser- and campaign chairman John Podesta about whether to share the information with a reporter.+6View gallery

Robby Mook testified that in 2016 Clinton ‘agreed’ to share the secret server allegations with the media

‘I discussed it with Hillary as well,’ Mook told the court.

He also admitted the campaign wasn’t ‘totally confident in the legitimacy of the data’, but was hoping a reporter would follow it up and determine if it was ‘accurate’ or ‘substantive.’+6View gallery

FBI general counsel Jame Baker (above) said he was ‘100 percent confident’ that Sussmann told him during the Sept. 19, 2016 meeting at FBI headquarters that he was not there on behalf of any particular client

‘I don’t remember the substance of the conversation, but notionally, the discussion was, hey, we have this and we want to share it with a reporter,’ Mook said.

They decided to share it with the