It was not clear what prompted the statement, although it came hours after The Washington Post reported that the business dealings of Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are being examined as part of Mueller's investigation.
Rosenstein pledged this week that he would maintain the integrity of the investigation and saw no reason to fire Mueller, despite reports that Trump was considering such a move. If Trump is confirming the existence of an investigation targeting him, it would represent an extraordinary development less than five months into his presidency. "That's undemocratic on its face and a blatant violation of the president's oath of office".
Complicating matters further, ABC News reported on Friday that Rosenstein was considering recusing himself from involvement in Mueller's investigation, handing responsibility for resources, personnel and possible prosecutions to associate attorney general Rachel Brand. Rosenstein is overseeing the investigation into Russian meddling, though it is being spearheaded by a special prosecutor, Robert Mueller.
The Trump tweets come after the top lawyer for his transition team warned organization officials to preserve all records and other materials related to the Russian Federation probe. A spokesman for Mueller declined to comment for the Guardian, and a spokesman for Trump's lawyer did not respond to a request for comment. Cohen has worked for Trump since the mid-2000s and was active in the campaign.
Mr Trump later hailed his own social media following, saying he can deliver his message directly to voters instead of going through the "fake news media". The recusal made Rosenstein the effective Attorney General on those matters.
The president's anger appears to be directed at Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein who wrote a letter recommending Comey's termination.
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Trump and his White House have offered various explanations for Comey's abrupt ouster, including that he lost the confidence of the bureau's rank and file - a suggestion flatly dismissed by acting director Andrew McCabe. The transition, a nonprofit structurally separate from the Trump campaign, continues to operate with a small staff.
Published reports have indicated that Mueller is looking into whether Trump tried to obstruct justice.
"With this in mind please immediately suspend any deletion, modification, overwriting, or other possible destruction of the information described above, including electronic information, and take all reasonable measures to preserve this information", the memo said, according to the Times.
Mueller's investigation also includes the question of whether Trump tried to obstruct justice.
"Why is that Hillary Clintons family and Dems dealings with Russian Federation are not looked at, but my non-dealings are?" he asked. Trump also acknowledged, for the first time publicly, that he is under federal investigation.
On Thursday Trump derided a "witch hunt" against him, led by some "very bad" people.
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