Don says interview with Mueller seems ‘ unlikely’
Washington, Jan. 11: President Donald Trump on Thursday hinted that it “seems unlikely” that he would allow special counsel Robert Mueller to “interview” him in the ongoing probe into the potential links between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 US presidential election.
Mr Mueller and congressional committees investigating the matter have yet to reach a conclusion about whether any collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia took place.
Mr Mueller, a former highly- decorated FBI director, has already interviewed several of the close aides and family members of Mr Trump over the issue.
In the last one week, reports have appeared in the US media that Mr Mueller was seeking an interview with Mr Trump as part of his investigation. Mr Trump’s attorneys were said to have asked whether it could be in the written format.
At a joint news conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Mr Trump hinted that the interview was unlikely to happen.
“We’ll see what happens. I mean, certainly I’ll see what happens. But when they have no collusion and nobody’s found any collusion at any level, it seems unlikely that you’d even have an interview,”
We’ll see what happens. I mean, certainly I’ll see what happens. But when they have no collusion and nobody’s found any collusion at any level, it seems unlikely that you’d even have an interview — Donald Trump,
US President
Mr Trump said.
He termed the allegations as a “Democratic hoax brought up as an excuse for losing an election”. “The Democrats should have won, because they have such a tremendous advantage in the Electoral College,” the US President said.
He denied any coordination between the Trump Campaign and Russia during the presidential election. “It has been determined that there’s been no collusion,” Mr Trump said.
“For 11 months, we’ve had this phony cloud over this administration,” Mr Trump said. The US President said he will speak to his attorneys regarding the issue.
He ridiculed Hillary Clinton, her opponent in the elections, for being interviewed by the FBI in the email case in 2016.