WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump Thursday stated he believes the probe into Russian meddling in the USA election "makes the country look very bad," according to The New York Times.
Speaking to the newspaper, Trump stated he believes particular suggest Robert Mueller will deal with him moderately -- a view by contrast with fresh attacks on Mueller's credibility from Republicans, who've pressed for a brand new unbiased prosecutor to investigate anti-Trump bias.
"It makes the country look very bad, and it puts the country in a very bad position," Trump advised the Times. "So the sooner it's worked out, the better it is for the country."
The president added that he was once now not concerned about the ongoing investigation — which his lawyers insisted could be finished through Thanksgiving — as "everybody knows" there was once no Russian collusion.
"There's been no collusion. But I think he's going to be fair," Trump stated of Mueller.
He repeated the allegations were invented through Democrats "as a hoax, as a ruse, as an excuse for losing an election," the Times reported.
Trump additionally distanced himself from ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was once indicted in October in the first legal motion stemming from the investigation.
"He worked for me for — what was it, three and a half months?" he advised the Times, bringing up Manafort's connections to different Republicans together with John McCain and Ronald Reagan.
According to the newspaper, Trump added it was once "too bad" that Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from overseeing the probe — mentioning that even though he didn't wish to "get into loyalty," Barack Obama's first attorney basic, Eric Holder Jr, "totally protected him."
Meanwhile, questioned on the re-opening of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, Trump maintained focus on the collusion probe.
He advised the Times that "for purposes of hopefully thinking I'm going to be treated fairly, I've stayed uninvolved with this particular matter."
Speaking to the newspaper, Trump stated he believes particular suggest Robert Mueller will deal with him moderately -- a view by contrast with fresh attacks on Mueller's credibility from Republicans, who've pressed for a brand new unbiased prosecutor to investigate anti-Trump bias.
"It makes the country look very bad, and it puts the country in a very bad position," Trump advised the Times. "So the sooner it's worked out, the better it is for the country."
The president added that he was once now not concerned about the ongoing investigation — which his lawyers insisted could be finished through Thanksgiving — as "everybody knows" there was once no Russian collusion.
"There's been no collusion. But I think he's going to be fair," Trump stated of Mueller.
He repeated the allegations were invented through Democrats "as a hoax, as a ruse, as an excuse for losing an election," the Times reported.
Trump additionally distanced himself from ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was once indicted in October in the first legal motion stemming from the investigation.
"He worked for me for — what was it, three and a half months?" he advised the Times, bringing up Manafort's connections to different Republicans together with John McCain and Ronald Reagan.
According to the newspaper, Trump added it was once "too bad" that Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from overseeing the probe — mentioning that even though he didn't wish to "get into loyalty," Barack Obama's first attorney basic, Eric Holder Jr, "totally protected him."
Meanwhile, questioned on the re-opening of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, Trump maintained focus on the collusion probe.
He advised the Times that "for purposes of hopefully thinking I'm going to be treated fairly, I've stayed uninvolved with this particular matter."
Russia probe makes US 'look very bad': Trump
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