import urllib.request, json 

with urllib.request.urlopen("https://gitlab.com/rajacsp/datasets/raw/master/trump.json") as url:
    data = json.loads(url.read().decode())
    print(data['tweets'][0])

{'source': 'Twitter for iPhone', 'id_str': '947824196909961216', 'text': 'Will be leaving Florida for Washington (D.C.) today at 4:00 P.M. Much work to be done, but it will be a great New Year!', 'created_at': 'Mon Jan 01 13:37:52 +0000 2018', 'retweet_count': 8656, 'in_reply_to_user_id_str': None, 'favorite_count': 54056, 'is_retweet': False}