Twist in the tale: ‘President is not being probed’

Washington, June 18: Donald Trump’s personal lawyer said on Sunday that the President is not under investigation in the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the presidential race adding that the tycoon has not received any notification that he is being investigated.

Jay Sekulow, a lawyer who is part of a team hired by Mr Trump to deal with allegations of collusion by his campaign with Moscow, appeared to contradict Mr Trump’s statement on Twitter on Friday that he is being investigated for firing his FBI director last month.

Mr Trump had tweeted, “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt.” But Mr Sekulow said that Trump was reacting to a Washington Post story that said special counsel Robert Mueller was examining whether Trump had tried to obstruct the probe by firing FBI director James Comey in May.

Mr Sekulow said on CBS’ Face the Nation, one of four political shows where he appeared on Sunday, “There has been no notification from the special counsel’s office that the president is under investigation.”

Early Sunday morning, Trump hurled a series of testy tweets defending his crisis-ridden presideny once again decrying the “witch hunt” against him. He was away on his first weekend to Camp David, the official US presidential retreat in the mountains of western Maryland. “Many new jobs, high business enthusiasm,” he wrote.

The MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN agenda is doing very well despite the distraction of the Witch Hunt. Many new jobs, high business enthusiasm @realDonaldTrump