Trump sharpens attacks on US media as Voice of America employees put on administrative leave

President denounced CNN and MSNBC as illegal' and instructed VoA's parent agency to be eliminated

Donald Trump expanded on his threats to the media on Friday, suggesting actions of the press should be deemed illegal and subject to investigation.

I believe that CNN and MS-DNC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat [sic] party and in my opinion, they're really corrupt and they're illegal, what do they do is illegal," the president said during a contentious speech at the Department of Justice.