President Trump blasted the leak of special counsel Robert Mueller’s questions to the New York Times, but also noted that none of those questions involve possible collusion between his campaign and Russia.
“So disgraceful that the questions concerning the Russian Witch Hunt were ‘leaked’ to the media. No questions on Collusion,” Trump said on Twitter Tuesday. “Oh, I see…you have a made up, phony crime, Collusion, that never existed, and an investigation begun with illegally leaked classified information. Nice!”
So disgraceful that the questions concerning the Russian Witch Hunt were “leaked” to the media. No questions on Collusion. Oh, I see…you have a made up, phony crime, Collusion, that never existed, and an investigation begun with illegally leaked classified information. Nice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 1, 2018
However, the New York Times indicated in its report that the list may have came from Trump’s side. The story said the questions were “read by the special counsel investigators to the president’s lawyers, who compiled them into a list. That document was provided to The Times by a person outside Mr. Trump’s legal team.”
The questions seem aimed at learning more about the meaning behind some of Trump’s public statements, and his relationship with certain family members.
Other lines of inquiry cover his Russian business dealings, White House adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner’s efforts to establish back channels with the Kremlin during transition, and former campaign official Roger Stone’s knowledge of email hacks targeting key Democratic players.
Since the beginning of Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Trump has claimed it to be a “witch hunt” that isn’t founded in facts.
