Trump attacks leak of questions in collusion inquiry

PRESIDENT DONALD Trump said it is “disgraceful” that a list of questions the special counsel investigating Russian election interference wants to ask him was “leaked” to the news media.

published nearly four dozen questions given to Mr Trump’s lawyers, covering the president’s firing of FBI Director James Comey last May and contacts between Trump campaign officials and Russians.

“It is so disgraceful that the questions concerning the Russian Witch Hunt were ‘leaked’ to the media,” President Trump tweeted. “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!”

In a second tweet, President Trump said: “It would seem very hard to obstruct justice for a crime that never happened.”

The president has repeatedly called the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller a “witch hunt” and insists there was no collusion with Russia.

President Trump has also accused Mr Comey of leaking classified information. Mr Mueller was appointed to oversee the investigation by the deputy attorney general after President Trump fired Mr Comey in May 2017.

Investigators remain interested in whether the president’s actions constitute obstruction of justice and many of theleaked questions centre on the obstruction issue.