Trump on Wednesday called special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation an 'attempted coup' intended to remove him from office
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation an "attempted coup" intended to remove him from office.
"It was an illegal investigation. It was started illegally. Everything about it was crooked," the president told reporters outside the White House before departing on a day trip to Texas. The president also claimed Mueller and his investigators, charged with probing allegations that the president's 2016 campaign colluded with the Russian government, "were people that truly hated Donald Trump.""This was an attempted coup," he continued.
Trump has long derided Mueller's probe as a "witch hunt" and accused the former FBI director of building a team stacked with Democrats. Mueller, a registered Republican, submitted a report on his two-year long investigation last month. Attorney General William Barr, in a summary of the report, wrote that Mueller didn't find a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia to sway the 2016 presidential election. The attorney general also wrote that Mueller did not fully exonerate Trump in an obstruction of justice inquiry, but Barr added that he did not believe there was enough evidence to bring charges on the matter.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.Democrats have urged Barr to release the more than 300-page report. Barr on Tuesday said a redacted report will be released within a week, an assurance that fell short of placating Democrats who want unfettered access to all of Mueller's findings as well as related information from a federal grand jury.
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