Trump's tweets are the latest - and most direct - attacks on the leader of an investigation that he insists is unnecessary and distracting.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats has met with the Senate Intelligence Committee for more than three hours in a closed session as part of the panel's probe into Russian interference in USA elections.
Independent Sen. Angus King of ME and Democratic Sen. He also discussed his agency's budget.
Mueller's office has also asked the NSA for any documents or notes related to the agency's interactions with the White House as part of the Russian Federation investigation, according to an intelligence official. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the panel's ranking Democrat, has called for an investigation into any possible obstruction by the President.
As for the probe into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, he said Mr Trump told him: "I hope you can let this go".
Comey prepared multiple contemporaneous memos documenting conversations with Trump that made him uneasy in the weeks before his May 9 firing.
With the Russian Federation probe moving closer to Donald Trump himself, the president appears to long for the simpler times of last year's presidential campaign, when he didn't have to shoulder the nation's scrutiny on his own.
The president followed up by tweeting "You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history - led by some very bad and conflicted people!" "#MAGA" - the acronym referring to his campaign slogan, Make America Great Again.
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Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8 he believed Trump had directed him in February to drop an FBI probe into former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, that was part of the broader Russian Federation investigation.
Both presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton were charged by Congress with obstruction of justice - Nixon resigned before he was impeached and Clinton was acquitted after he was impeached.
President Trump dismissed a potential obstruction of justice investigation into his conduct, calling allegations of collusion between him, his campaign or people associated with him and Russian Federation a "phony story".
Comey would not say in his testimony last week whether he thought the president sought to obstruct justice, but added it would be up to special counsel Mueller "to sort that out".
The Post quoted five people briefed on the requests, saying those who agreed to be interviewed include National Intelligence Director Daniel Coats, Adm. Mike Rogers who heads the NSA, and his recently departed deputy, Richard Ledgett.
Jeffrey Toobin, a journalist and former federal prosecutor, told CNN last month that his response to the report of Trump's conversation with Comey was "three words: obstruction of justice".
Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Trump's personal attorney said, "The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal". Trump later contradicted his own staff, saying on May 11 he had the Russian Federation issue in mind when he fired Comey.
Sessions, who early on was Trump's campaign manager for the Republican presidential nomination, told the Senate Intelligence Committee: "I recused myself from any investigation into the campaigns for president, but I did not recuse myself from defending my honor against scurrilous and false allegations".
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