President Donald Trump disparaged former FBI and Justice Department officials, expressed unabashed support for Saudi Arabia and took credit for plans to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities as he spoke in typically unrestrained fashion at a rally in Wisconsin on Saturday night. The nearly 90-minute long rally coincided with much of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, which Trump administration officials boycotted at the president’s behest. Trump opened his remarks by offering condolences to victims of the deadly synagogue shooting in California earlier in the day. Then he quickly launched into the usual insults he directs at some of those seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination ― in this instance, Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Vice President Joe Biden, whom he called “Pocahontas,” “Crazy Bernie” and “Sleepy Joe,” respectively. Trump also took aim at the federal law enforcement community, referring to some ousted FBI and Justice Department officials “scum.” The rally, held in Green Bay, was the president’s first such gathering since the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia’s interference with the 2016 presidential election, the Trump campaign’s dealings with Russian officials and possible obstruction of justice by Trump were made public. The report said the investigation did not find sufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy with the Russians, while declining to make a judgment of whether the president criminally obstructed justice. Attorney General William Barr ― a Trump appointee ― then ruled he did not.

Wow -- Trump refers to the FBI and DOJ leaders he's purged from government as "scum" pic.twitter.com/mkjiWZ68cp — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 28, 2019

“If you look at what’s happened with the scum that’s leaving the very top of government ... these were dirty cops,” Trump told his crowd. “These were dirty players.” He made similar remarks in June 2018, calling top FBI officials of the time “scum.” At his rally, Trump highlighted his usual anti-immigration policies and again took credit for a controversial plan to send detained undocumented immigrants to so-called sanctuary cities where local officials have opted not to cooperate with federal immigration officials ― a plan that surfaced earlier this month. Trump called it his “sick idea” while bragging about it. “We’re sending many of them to sanctuary cities, thank you very much,” he said. “They’re not too happy about it. I’m proud to tell you that was actually my sick idea.” A Department of Homeland Security official had said the agency had rejected a suggestion from Trump to release detained immigrants into cities who refuse to enforce the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy. One day later, Trump said he was giving the plans “strong considerations.” In a tweet on Saturday, the Democratic National Committee called Trump’s remarks on the plan “disgusting.” “Trump gleefully admits it was his ‘sick idea’ to use immigrants as pawns in his games of political retribution.”

Trump gleefully admits it was his "sick idea" to use immigrants as pawns in his games of political retribution. Disgusting pic.twitter.com/xQHq3s76xC — DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) April 28, 2019