Don slams leak of Mueller’s questions

Washington, May 1: An angry US President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed as “disgraceful” that a list of nearly 50 questions that special counsel Robert Mueller investigating alleged Russian election meddling wants to ask him was “illegally leaked” to the media.

Mr Mueller is leading the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election and if there were any ties between Moscow and Trump campaign associates.

Mr Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion. Mr Mueller is interested in asking Trump a variety of questions related to the 2016 campaign and people from Mr Trump’s personal life, business interactions and administration, according to Mueller’s list of questions for Trump obtained and reported on by The New York Times.

The topics involve questions about Mr Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, former FBI director James Comey, attorney general Jeff Sessions and any Russian coordination with his presidential campaign, according to the newspaper.

Angrily reacting to the report, Mr Trump said it was “disgraceful” that classified information was illegally leaked to the media. “So disgraceful that the questions concerning the Russian Witch Hunt were ‘ leaked’ to the media. No questions on Collusion. Oh, I see... You have a made up, phony crime, Collusion, that never existed, and an investigation begun with illegally leaked classified information. Nice!” he tweeted.