Schiff: "It was a mistake" not to interview Trump in the Mueller investigation

Speaker of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff said Sunday that special advocate Robert Mueller had "made a mistake" by not questioning President Donald Trump in his investigation on the electoral interference of Russia.

"I've always said it was a mistake to rely on the written responses of the president," Schiff told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week," those premeditated answers to requests prosecutors being "usually more what the lawyer says." must say that what the individual has to say.

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"I can certainly understand why lawyers like [Trump attorney Rudy] Giuliani was fighting this because the president was someone who seemed pathologically incapable of telling the truth for long periods of time, "said Schiff (D-Calif.).

"But, nevertheless, if you really want the truth, you have to swear at people, and that should have been done," he said.

Schiff speculated that Mueller's decision not to interrogate Trump may have been linked to a long-standing policy of the Department of Justice against indicting incumbent presidents. Any subsequent negotiations between Mueller's attorneys and Trump's legal team would have unnecessarily prolonged the investigation.

"The special advocate may have decided that if he could not charge a sitting president on the issue of obstruction, because it would have the effect of advancing his investigation, it would make no sense," he said. said Schiff.