President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that special counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia should never have been opened in the first place.
“The Mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “It was based on fraudulent activities and a Fake Dossier paid for by Crooked Hillary and the [Democratic National Committee], and improperly used in [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] COURT for surveillance of my campaign. WITCH HUNT!”
Meanwhile, the New York Times reported that a few hours before the tweet, Trump’s lawyer, John Dowd, released a statement calling on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees Mueller’s investigation, to shut down the probe.
Although Dowd first said to the Daily Beast that the statement was issued on behalf of Trump, he later changed his mind and said that it was given in his personal capacity.
Trump continues to call Mueller’s investigation as a “witch hunt,” saying that there is no contact or coordination between his campaign and Moscow.
According to reports from last summer, Trump tried to have Mueller fired but backed down after White House counsel Don McGahn threatened to resign.
Trump’s tweet comes only a day after Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, arguing that McCabe misled congressional investigators and leaked information to the press.
“The Fake News is beside themselves that McCabe was caught, called out and fired. How many hundreds of thousands of dollars was given to wife’s campaign by Crooked H friend, Terry M, who was also under investigation? How many lies? How many leaks? Comey knew it all, and much more!” Trump tweeted regarding McCabe.
McCabe denied the charges, saying that this was politically motivated and intended to discredit him as a witness in Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s election meddling.
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