A new report indicates that President Trump is not a “criminal target” of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
However, Trump is still a “subject” of the investigation.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday, “Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III informed President Trump’s attorneys last month that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target at this point, according to three people familiar with the discussions.”
The Post’s report also states that Mueller informed Trump’s lawyers that he’s working on a report about Trump’s conduct since becoming president.
“The special counsel also told Trump’s lawyers that he is preparing a report about the president’s actions while in office and potential obstruction of justice, according to two people with knowledge of the conversations,” the article reads.
What we learned over past week: Mueller is directly engaging with Trump’s attys. Wants an intvw w/ POTUS. POTUS wants to do it. But many in Trump camp counseling him against doing so, worry he’s just a *subject* now… but could risk becoming a *target,* if he’s not careful.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) April 4, 2018
Mueller’s investigation, which has been going on for almost a year, has not resulted in any findings that indicate collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
President Trump has repeatedly denied that any collusion with Russia existed during the campaign.
The president tweeted last month that the investigation “should have never been started,” and mentioned the dossier full of unsubstantiated information.
The Mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime. It was based on fraudulent activities and a Fake Dossier paid for by Crooked Hillary and the DNC, and improperly used in FISA COURT for surveillance of my campaign. WITCH HUNT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2018
Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans? Another Dem recently added…does anyone think this is fair? And yet, there is NO COLLUSION!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2018
Some of President Trump’s supporters and allies have been more explicit in their criticism of Robert Mueller.
Fox News’ Sean Hannity said last month that, “Robert Mueller’s career has been anything but impeccable,” and criticized him for past conduct. (RELATED: Hannity Digs Up Dirt On Mueller’s Past And Finds He’s Not So Clean After All)
“Robert Mueller has an agenda,” Hannity said. “He’s carrying out a witch hunt. This is par for the course.”