Robert Mueller to interview former spokesman of Trump legal team

Special counsel Robert Mueller plans to interview the former spokesman of President Donald Trump’s legal team as part of an investigation into potential collusion between Russia and Trump’s campaign to sway the 2016 US presidential election, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.

Mark Corallo had represented Trump’s outside lawyers amid the federal and congressional Russia inquiries until he resigned last summer, after revelations about a June 2016 meeting between Trump’s son Donald Jr and a group of Russians.

The Mueller team said they wanted to discuss the circumstances of his departure, and the interview was expected within two weeks, according to the source.

Corallo’s departure in July came amid media reports that Trump’s legal team was reorganizing and considering ways to limit Mueller’s probe.

One of the main reasons Corallo decided to leave was his refusal to criticize the integrity of Mueller, the person, who had direct knowledge of the matter, told Reuters.

Corallo was also deeply disturbed by what he viewed as a false statement dictated by president from Air Force One about his son’s Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and her associates, the source said. REUTERS

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