28 June, 2017
The president's tweets came two years to the day after Trump first launched his improbable presidential bid by famously descending an escalator in Trump Tower in NY and while his presidency is embroiled in crisis over the federal investigation led by Mueller into his campaign's ties to Russian Federation.
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2017You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history - led by some very bad and conflicted people!
In a report published on Wednesday, the paper quoted five people briefed on the requests, saying those who agreed to be interviewed include national intelligence director Daniel Coats, Admiral Mike Rogers who heads the National Security Agency (NSA), and his recently departed deputy, Richard Ledgett.
The report, which cites five unnamed officials, states that the investigation into Mr Trump began after FBI director James Comey was sacked by the president on May 9th.
The letter said the investigation will also probe Comey's testimony that Loretta Lynch, as President Barack Obama's attorney general, had directed him to describe an FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's email practices as merely a "matter" and to avoid calling it an investigation.
Trump said on Twitter, appearing to refer to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The day after Comey's dismissal, Trump told two Russian diplomats in an Oval Office meeting that by firing Comey, whom he reportedly called a "nut job", he had taken "great pressure" off himself, according to The New York Times.
Mark Corallo, spokesman for Trump's personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, said earlier this week that, "The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable, and illegal".
The story broke hours after Mueller met with top members of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Comey also said his friend, Columbia University professor Daniel Richman, returned his copy to the Federal Bureau of Investigation after leaking the memo on the former Federal Bureau of Investigation director's behalf to The New York Times.
The Justice Department has maintained that it would be inappropriate to indict a sitting president. Rosenstein can fire Mueller, but that doesn't make him the one investigating Trump.
In addition, officials also said investigators have been looking for any evidence of possible financial crimes among Trump associates.
No one but Mueller and his team know how the Russian Federation investigations will move forward, but one thing's for sure - it's going to take time, probably years.