The president said that Mueller "very, very good friends with Comey, which is very bothersome". The White House had said Trump would likely clarify whether he had tapes of Comey by the end of this week.
"I can say that the people that have been hired are all Hillary Clinton supporters", he said. "Some of them worked for Hillary Clinton".
In response to the president's tweet, one person mocked: "You had me at no idea".
Trump has talked privately with advisers and friends about the possibility of firing Mueller, something the president would have to do by ordering his Justice Department to remove him. Fox released a partial transcript of the interview on Thursday. Rosenstein testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 13.
The tapes saga began in May, just days after Trump fired Comey, who then was leading an investigation into Trump associates' ties to Russian officials. "Look, you're telling everybody else I'm not under investigation". "There has been no collusion".
His motivation, Comey acknowledged, was that leaking the memos "might prompt the appointment of a special counsel".
Sanders was later asked about what the president was doing when he indicated that there may be recordings of his meetings with then FBI Director Comey. Here are four things to know.
"Mueller and Comey relationship is very bothersome"- President Trump
He added: "But you'll have to determine for yourself whether or not his story changed". "But he's also. we're going to have to see".
Trump also expressed hope that House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi remains in her leadership position because it is beneficial to Republicans.
Trump has denied any collusion, and he continued to cast doubt on the investigations in a series of tweets on Thursday morning. But what's wrong with saying, "Hey, you better tell the truth?"
President Donald Trump says he "did not make" and doesn't have any recordings of his private conversations with James Comey - his fired Federal Bureau of Investigation director.
On Thursday, CNN reported that two high-ranking Trump administration officials told investigators that the President suggested they publicly deny any collusion between his associates and Russian Federation, but they felt he didn't order for them to do so.
"It didn't dawn on me, originally, that there might be corroboration for our conversation [there] might be a tape, my judgment was I needed [to] get that out into the public square", Comey said.
I mean we're going to have to see in terms - look, there has been no obstruction.
Norm Eisen, the former White House ethics czar for President Barack Obama, argued on Thursday that President Trump's admission to not possessing tapes of conversations with former FBI Director James Comey amounts to witness intimidation.
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