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President Trump accused longtime NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell of being a Democratic activist.

In an interview with the New York Times published Wednesday, Trump referred to an interview Mitchell conducted the previous day on MSNBC with Susan Rice, the former national security adviser in the Obama administration.

"Take a look at what's happening," Trump said, referring to revelations about Rice's alleged role in the unmasking of Trump's associates in intelligence reports. "I mean, first of all her performance was horrible yesterday on television even though she was interviewed by Hillary Clinton's P.R. person, Andrea Mitchell."

His broadside against Mitchell is nearly a repeat of what White House social media director Dan Scavino previously said about the interview.

On Twitter, Scavino called Mitchell a Democratic "PR person."

During the interview, Rice denied reports she was involved in leaking information about Trump's associates who were caught up in incidental U.S. surveillance of foreign targets, and she said there was no political motivation in requesting that their identities be revealed to former Obama administration officials.

In his interview with the Times, Trump said it was the "biggest" story.

NBC and MSNBC have not returned a request for comment from the Washington Examiner.

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