Trump waged an attack on media outlets for reporting negatively about him, calling CNN and MSNBC "corrupt" and "illegal".

In my opinion, they’re really corrupt and they’re illegal, what they do is illegal,” the president said in remarks at the Justice Department.

This is not the first time rump has publicly levied attacks against the free press. Prior to the election, Trump filed a lawsuit against CBS, claiming that a 60 Minutes interview with then Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris was edited in a way to give her an advantage.