President Trump tweets confirmation he's under investigation

Rosenstein handed the reigns of that investigation over to independent Special Counsel Robert Mueller about one week after Comey's dismissal. Trump later told NBC's Lester Holt he had planned to fire Comey regardless of what recommendation he received from Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has recused himself from the Russian Federation investigation.

Mr Comey, who had been leading one of several Russian Federation inquiries, testified to Congress last week that the president had pressured him to drop an inquiry into links between Mr Flynn and Russian Federation.

CNN, however, referenced an unnamed "person familiar with Trump's tweet" who said the president was referring to news reports claiming he is under investigation for obstructing justice.

The president made a tweet about his defeated Democratic opponent complaining that the probe is unfair.

Comey said he believed Trump's advice to be a direction and thus felt uncomfortable by it.

"Mr. Kushner previously volunteered to share with Congress what he knows about Russia-related matters".

United States media had reported that Trump is personally being probed.

Trump's Friday tweet was his first acknowledgement of the official obstruction probe.

Rosenstein brought up the possibility of recusing himself during a meeting with the Justice Department's third-in-command - behind Sessions and Rosenstein - Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, ABC News reported.

"The Vice President has retained Richard Cullen of McGuire Woods to assist him in responding to inquiries by the special counsel", Pence communications director Jared Agen said in a statement.

Trump also previously said he was "going to fire [Comey] regardless of the recommendation" Rosenstein and several others sent him suggesting he let go of the director, who was serving a ten-year contract as the head of the federal agency.

Moscow has denied any interference.

Trump, who hired his own lawyer last month to represent him regarding probes by the special counsel and congressional committees, kept up his criticism of the investigations in a series of tweets on Friday.

"After 7 months of investigations and committee hearings about my "collusion with the Russians", nobody has been able to show any proof". An official of Trump's transition confirmed the laywer's internal order sent Thursday.

Rosenstein authored a memo that criticized former FBI Director James Comey over his handling of Hillary Clinton's emails.

But Republicans also worry that Mr. Trump is giving Mueller more material to investigate all the time.