Courtesy of the New York Times:Trump says he's "looking forward" to meeting Mueller's team in Russia probe https://t.co/kVdcoybW8Y pic.twitter.com/4BWFUR86tC— POLITICO (@politico) January 25, 2018
“I’m looking forward to it, actually,” Mr. Trump said of talking to Mr. Mueller, answering months of speculation over whether he was willing to submit to questions from the special counsel, who is also believed to be looking into whether the Trump campaign aided Moscow’s effort and whether the president sought to thwart the inquiry itself.
“Here’s the story, just so you understand,” Mr. Trump said during an impromptu question-and-answer session with reporters in the West Wing. “There’s been no collusion whatsoever. There’s no obstruction whatsoever, and I’m looking forward to it.”
Mr. Trump suggested that his efforts to defend himself against damaging allegations had been unfairly misinterpreted as wrongdoing.
“You fight back,” he said, and such a response is characterized as, “‘Oh, it’s obstruction.’”
(If by "fighting back" he means firing the agents responsible for an investigation directed at you, then yes, that is indeed obstructionism.)
“I would love to do that — I’d like to do it as soon as possible,” the president told reporters on Wednesday of the prospect of being interviewed by Mr. Mueller, adding that his lawyers have told him it would be “about two to three weeks” until it takes place. Almost as an afterthought, he added, any such interview would be “subject to my lawyers, and all of that.”
Trump also said that he would be willing to answer questions under oath, while also claiming that Hillary did not do that, apparently not realizing that anytime you are questioned by a Special Counsel or the FBI that you are legally compelled to tell the truth.
Of course right after this exchange Trump's attorney tried to walk it back, saying that Trump was "hurried" and misspoke.
Gee, I wonder if he will feel hurried during the actual testimony?
It should be noted that there is an article on Vox, which states that Mueller's obstruction case appears damning.
There is also a new Washington Post/ABC poll which shows that half of Americans believe that Trump colluded with the Russians, and slightly more than half believe he is obstructing the Russian investigations.
So it would appear that the only people who think that Donald Trump is safe from any prosecution, and that he did nothing wrong, are living safely inside the White House bubble.
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