Trump lawyer: President not under investigation in Russian Federation probe

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During an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" Jay Sekulow, a member of Trump's legal team, said the president was specifically tweeting about the reports that he was under investigation and insisted that Trump had not been notified of any investigation.

"Let me be clear here".

The president has denied that he has any nefarious ties to Russian Federation and has also disputed that he's attempted to block the investigation into his campaign's possible role in Russia's election-related hacking. "So here's what you have", Sekulow said.

"That tweet was in response to a Washington Post story that ran with five unnamed sources", Sekulow said on CNN's "State of the Union". "The President's response was as it related to the Washington Post report. No one has been notified that he is [under investigation]", Sekulow said.

He lashed out at a top Justice Department official overseeing the inquiry, reflecting his mounting frustration with the unrelenting controversy that has consumed his early presidency.

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What is Trump so afraid of in the Russian Federation investigation? The president sacked Comey in early May. ROSENSTEIN: No, I have not. "And I'm not going to speculate on what he will or will not do", Sekulow said.

President Donald Trump's personal lawyer said on Sunday that Trump is not under investigation in the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 USA presidential race, adding that the president has not received any notification that he is being investigated.

The message apparently referred to Rosenstein, whose role leading the federal investigation has become increasingly complicated. Witch Hunt, ' the president wrote on Twitter.

The White House initially tried to use a memo he wrote to justify Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, but that Trump action may now be part of the probe.

President Trump has been described by advisers and confidents as angry over the probe into possible ties between his campaign and Russian Federation, yelling at television sets at the White House with coverage of the probe, according to an report Friday.

Trump is under pressure to reveal whether he has any tape recordings of private conversations with Comey.