Trump says he likely won’t talk to investigator

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that it “seems unlikely” that he’d give an interview in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into potential co-ordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.

Trump said “we’ll see what happens” when asked if he’d provide an interview to Mueller's team.

“When they have no collusion and nobody’s found any collusion at any level, it seems unlikely that you’d even have an interview," Trump said during a news conference with the prime minister of Norway.

The special counsel’s team of investigators has expressed interest in speaking with Trump, but no details have been worked out. Trump’s lawyers have previously stated their determination to co-operate with requests in the probe, which has already resulted in charges against four of Trump's campaign advisers.

Trump called the investigation a “phoney cloud”over his administration.

“It has hurt our government,” he said. “It was a Democrat hoax.”

Trump's words differed from what he said at a news conference in June, shortly after fired FBI Director James Comey had told Congress that Trump asked him for a pledge of loyalty. Trump denied that, and said he’d be “100 per cent” willing tell his version of events under oath. He said he’d be “glad to” speak to Mueller about it.

The comments come after Trump had already lashed out at the investigations on Twitter Wednesday morning, urging Republicans to take control of the inquiries and repeating his claim that they are on a “witch hunt.”