TRUMP ‘WOULD LOVE’ DEPOSITION BY MUELLER PROBERS
WASHINGTON— US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he “would love to” be questioned under oath by Russia collusion prosecutor Robert Mueller, adding it could happen in the coming weeks.
Trump confirmed that his lawyers were talking with Mueller, who was investigating supposed collusion between the US president’s campaign and Russia in the 2016 election and Trump’s alleged attempt to obstruct the probe.
“I would love to do it,” Trump told reporters in the White House when asked about testifying.
Asked when an interview could happen, Trump replied that he didn’t know exactly.
“Yesterday, they were talking about two or three weeks,” he said.
Executive privilege
It was the first time Trump said directly that he would cooperate with Mueller, whose investigation he had repeatedly dismissed as being based on “fake news.”
“There has been no collusion whatsoever. There is no obstruction whatsoever,” he said on Wednesday.
White House lawyer Ty Cobb later seemed to walk back Trump’s remarks, saying the president just meant that he was willing to meet, The New York Times reported.
“He’s ready to meet with them, but he’ll be guided by the advice of his personal counsel,” the newspaper quoted Cobb as saying.
Cobb has repeatedly said that the president is willing to testify at Mueller’s investigation, and wants Mueller to wind up the case as early as possible.—