President Donald Trump's personal lawyer said on Sunday that Trump is not under investigation for obstruction of justice in the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential race, adding that the president has not received any notification that he is being investigated.
One of Donald Trump's personal lawyers has told reporters the President is not under investigation for obstruction of justice, but when pressed on the assertion, said he could not be certain.
A prominent member of President Donald Trump's legal team on Sunday denied that the president is under criminal investigation for obstruction of justice over his firing of former FBI Director James Comey, directly contradicting a blockbuster Washington Post report that said the president is now a target of the investigation.
Your afternoon shot of politics, sent straight from the desk of Joshua Miller. That tweet, Chris, was in response to The Washington Post story that alleged that five unnamed sources, anonymous sources, leaked to The Washington Post that the president was, in fact, under investigation. "He's not afraid of an investigation because there is no investigation". Angus KingAngus KingSunday shows preview: Trump pushes back as Russian Federation probe heats up 'Crash Override" malware heightens fears for U.S. electric grid Angus King: I'm "really, really disturbed' by Sessions's testimony MORE (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
He blamed the confusion over Twitter's 140-character limit. "Many new jobs, high business enthusiasm, massive regulation cuts, 36 new legislative bills signed, great new S.C. Justice, and Infrastructure, Healthcare and Tax Cuts in works!" he wrote. Those officials also claim that investigators are looking for evidence of any financial crimes among Trump's associates. He maintained that the president's actions won't prevent any of the investigations from proceeding, and that getting to the bottom of what happened would benefit all involved, including President Trump.
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Sekulow stressed repeatedly that Trump is not under investigation.
Schiff is now battling committee chair Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), whom he has accused of failing to keep his promise to recuse himself from the House investigation.
Sekulow appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, CNN's State of the Union, CBS's Face the Nation and Fox News Sunday on Fox.
Senator Marco Rubio, who lost the Republican primary election to Trump, called for a "full and credible investigation".
"He, from every pronouncement we have seen, feels very strongly that he did nothing wrong, and he wants people to say that, because he feels very strongly about it".
President Donald Trump and his son Barron Trump walk to Marine One across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 17, 2017, en route to Camp David in Maryland.
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