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President Trump unleashed a raging tweetstorm on Thursday over reports that first daughter Ivanka and her hubby pushed him to jettison White House Counsel Don McGahn over his cooperation in the Russia probe.

“Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner had NOTHING to do with the so called ‘pushing out’ of Don McGahn.The Fake News Media has it, purposely, so wrong! They love to portray chaos in the White House when they know that chaos doesn’t exist-just a ‘smooth running machine’ with changing parts!” he wrote in one of a trio of ill-tempered tweets.

The New York Times reported that Ivanka “complained bitterly to her father” after learning that McGahn had spent 30 hours spilling his guts to special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators, who are probing Russian election meddling and possible ties to Trump’s campaign.

But the president insisted in another tweet that the Russia probe had nothing to do with McGahn’s departure.

“The Rigged Russia Witch Hunt did not come into play, even a little bit, with respect to my decision on Don McGahn!” he wrote.

It was widely reported earlier this year that McGahn told the president that he would quit rather than fire Mueller, as Trump had wanted him to do before backing down.

But the commander-in-chief insisted that was also a lie.

“I am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of Don McGahn as White House Counsel! I liked Don, but he was NOT responsible for me not firing Bob Mueller or Jeff Sessions. So much Fake Reporting and Fake News!” he tweeted.

Trump tweeted Wednesday that McGahn would be leaving this fall — a move that caught McGahn off guard.

He was already planning to leave over reported tensions with the president and first family but didn’t know Trump was going to make the announcement on Twitter.

McGahn, a top election lawyer who also served as general counsel on Trump’s campaign, played a pivotal role in the president’s remaking of the federal judiciary with young, conservative judges.

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