The Washington Post is reporting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election is now examining whether President Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice.
The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing is the latest step in multiple ongoing investigations into Russian meddling in last year's USA presidential election.
Investigators have also been looking for any evidence of possible financial crimes by Trump associates, the daily said, quoting unnamed USA officials.
He also testified he had told the President in January he was not personally under investigation. "It is often erased in moments of anger, when simmering grievance boils over into rash action, exemplified by the firing of Mr. Comey after a weekend of brooding at his resort in Bedminster, N.J".
Trump, according to The Times, has brought up the legal and political implications of firing Mueller, whom he reportedly thinks is "incapable of an impartial investigation". "The investigation has been cloaked in secrecy, and it is unclear how many others have been questioned by the FBI". The official was responding to this comment from Ruddy, a longtime Trump confidant, to "PBS NewsHour" host Judy Woodruff: "I think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel".
He told the Senate Intelligence Committee the President had asked him to drop an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, and to "lift the cloud" of the Russian Federation investigation.
In response to the report, Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Trump's personal attorney Marc Kasowitz, said: "The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal".
"Chris was speaking for himself and did not speak to the president", a White House official told Roll Call in an email late Monday. Experts point out that the Supreme Court ruled during the Watergate scandal that officials can not use privilege to withhold evidence in criminal prosecutions.
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Before Comey testified, Trump suggested there might be a White House recording of their private dinner, which Comey said he hopes there is.
"We are all advising him not to [get rid of] Muellerl; that has not changed", one Trump aide told The Daily Beast.
While a sitting president is unlikely to face criminal prosecution, obstruction of justice could form the basis for impeachment.
Probing the president for possible crimes is a complicated affair, even if convincing evidence of a crime is found.
The interviews could come as early as this week, the Post said.
Trump interviewed Mueller for the director's position days before Rosenstein picked Mueller as special counsel for the Russian Federation probe, Sanders confirmed Tuesday. Still, he said: "Bob Mueller did a great job as Federal Bureau of Investigation director". According to the Times, much of Trump's staff basically agrees, but they have tried to convince their boss that another rage-fueled intervention in the Russian Federation investigations "would turn a bad situation into a catastrophe".
Citing unidentified "officials", the Post reported Mueller's probe has taken a dramatic turn.
Coats was attending a briefing at the White House together with officials from several other government agencies. They include Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, Mike Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, and his former deputy director, Richard Ledget, the Post reported.
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