Trump hits back at Pelosi: ‘I don’t do cover-ups’

President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after the Democratic leader accused him of engaging in a “cover-up.”

“I don’t do cover-ups,” the president told reporters in surprise remarks at the White House Rose Garden. “You people know that probably better than anybody.”

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The unexpected statements from the president — who stood at a lectern adorned with a sign that read “No Collusion” and “No Obstruction” — followed a planned meeting on infrastructure initiatives with Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer at the White House.

Those bipartisan talks were cut short after the president demanded that Pelosi bring an end to various oversight investigations by House Democrats.

“I walked into the room and I told Sen. Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, I want to do infrastructure. I want to do it more than you want to do it. I’d be really good at that. That is what I do,” Trump said. “But you know what, you can’t do it under these circumstances. So get these phony investigations over with.”