Mueller Wants to Question Trump (And Trump May Comply)

Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in the course of investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, is said to be working out a deal with the White House for President Donald Trump to answer questions related to the dismissal of two former administration employees, national security adviser Michael Flynn and FBI Director James B. Comey.

Mueller’s desire to question the president had led some to believe he is interested in trying to determine if the president attempted to obstruct the Russian collusion investigation by ousting the two men.

The White House is reportedly willing to agree to an interview and “the president’s legal team hopes to provide Trump’s testimony in a hybrid form — answering some questions in a face-to-face interview and others in a written statement,” reports The Washington Post.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters Tuesday before news broke that Trump was considering meeting with Mueller that the White House is eager to put the Russian investigation of collusion — which they have intimated is little more than a witch hunt — behind them.

“Frankly, this administration, we have said it time and time before, there was no collusion,” Sanders said. “There is nothing to it. We are ready to move on. Clearly the American people are. And my guess (is) some of you are tired of talking about it as well and hopefully we will get to that point soon and we can do that.”

Sanders would not say whether Trump would submit to an interview with Mueller but pledged to “be fully cooperative with the special counsel.”

Mueller is also said to be seeking an interview with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon on the circumstances surrounding the firings of Flynn and Comey.

Bannon is set to interview with Mueller by the end of the month, these people say, as the special counsel’s investigation moves closer to President Donald Trump’s inner circle.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was a witness to the firing of Comey, was interviewed last week, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday.

In addition to the Comey and Flynn firings, key issues from Bannon’s time in the White House are likely to include Trump’s decision to fire then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates and any pressure the President may have exerted on Sessions about the FBI investigation into Russia’s interference with the election.

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