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President Trump suggests that he behaves in his own way. Robert Mueller's questions about the Russian attack on the 2016 election.
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President Trump suggests that he behaves in his own way. Robert Mueller's questions about the Russian attack on the 2016 election.
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President Trump and his legal team Robert Mueller, the president has confirmed.
Trump told Laura Ingraham of Fox News that he considers it "ridiculous" that he and his lawyers must go along "we probably will do something, yes, where we will respond to some questions."
Trump did not give a sense when his team might give Mueller's office the answers, but he did not think he would be able to come back to Russia after Election Day next week.
Ingraham's help, Carter Page, who was suspected of conspiring with the 2016 presidential election.
Trump had built up expectations about unveiling that material to a near-crescendo but then walked the story back. He announced that the Justice Department's general inspector would review it before it became public and told Ingraham on Monday evening that the documents could come out sometime next month.
"We're getting very close to doing what we have to do," the president said. "I want to wait till after the election."
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The Russia imbroglio has slipped into a quieter phase as compared with earlier periods since Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey in May of 2017.
The Justice Department has not gone totally silent – it has not gone totally silent – it has been reported that the United States is in a state of emergency.
The special counsel's office does not comment on its plans or intentions for future work.
Events are continuing to happen beneath the surface, however. Trump's former chairman, Paul Manafort, is cooperating with investigators, as is Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen. Both men have pleaded guilty to federal charges in exchange for leniency.
Trump and his allies. Trump and his allies. Trump and his allies.
That Roger Stone, Roger Stone, says that he has done nothing wrong and is being persecuted.
Or Mueller could submit the report on his work to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
The details about the White House's negotiations with the special counselors are also clear. If Trump gives Mueller written answers to questions about what he knew about events in 2016 and since,
Mueller and his office may be asked for an in-person discussion with the president; the long-running standoff over that interview has never been resolved.
For trump's part, he may use the final two months of the year to the Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replace him with someone who is not recused from the Russia investigation, yet Trump appeared to agree with Ingraham that he and Rosenstein, another frequent antagonist , are getting along.
Trump continues to maintain, however, that Mueller's investigation is unlawful – an argument based on an incorrect characterization of the facts of the case, which is sometimes raised by Trump's supporters in Congress.
"I do get along, but … there should have been a special counsel, in my opinion," Trump said. "It's an illegal investigation totally." There was no collusion There was never any collusion get along and I have made everything available. You know why? Because I have nothing to do with Russia.
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