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". The President has been criticizing the special counsel appointment as the "single greatest witch hunt" in the history of USA politics.
Mr. Trump also tweeted on Friday morning: "After seven months of investigations and committee hearings about my 'collusion with the Russians, ' nobody has been able to show any proof".
His morning missive apparently referred to Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general whose role leading the federal investigation has become increasingly complicated.
The White House confirmed Mr Mueller was among the candidates the president interviewed to replace Mr Comey.
Deomcratic Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday that President Donald Trump will put the country at the "brink of a constitutional crisis" if he fires special counsel Robert Mueller.
"Today the President of the United States confirmed he's under criminal investigation".
As Comey admitted in his testimony, his intent in leaking his own memos was to bring about a special prosecutor. The order also covers separate inquiries into several key Trump associates including former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, campaign adviser Paul Manafort, foreign policy aide Carter Page and outside adviser Roger Stone. While President Trump denied all the allegations levied on him, Comey revealed that the documented memos were a testament to his claims, a portion of which was published by the The New York Times, with the hope of a new counsel being appointed.
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She rarely mentioned the administration, despite holding a closed-door fundraiser with the president earlier this spring. And Democrats are looking nearly incapable of translating the energy of their core supporters into actual election wins.
Mueller's probe has now reportedly zeroed in on whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice when he fired Comey, according to The Washington Post.
The tweets were clear signs of the president's frustration and anger over the revelation, published on Wednesday evening in The Washington Post, about the investigation by Mueller, who is heading an independent probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Trump is an avid user of Twitter, with over 32 million followers on his personal account and more than 18 million people on the official presidential account.
Ruddy, who had been at the White House on Monday, told PBS that Trump is considering terminating the special counsel.
"He brought that recommendation to the President" and Trump agreed, Pence concluded.
"Why is that Hillary Clintons family and Dems dealings with Russian Federation are not looked at, but my non-dealings are?" he asked at one point.
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