President Trump said Wednesday that he has not yet read special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the lead-up to the 2016 election.
“I have not seen the Mueller report,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House. “I have not read the Mueller report. I won. No collusion, no obstruction. I won.”
The president’s comments came as Attorney General William Barr is set to appear before Congress for a second day of questioning about the Mueller report, which was completed last month. Barr told Congress Tuesday that the redacted report will be released within a week.
In a four-page summary of the report, Barr said that while Mueller had found no collusion, he had not made a determination on whether the president had obstructed justice.
Trump also insisted Wednesday that the Mueller probe was illegal, and that he did not care about the report.
“As far as I’m concerned, I don’t care about the Mueller report,” he said. “I’ve been totally exonerated. No collusion, no obstruction. And I’m off to dealing with China. I’m off to dealing with North Korea. I’m off to dealing with Venezuela and all the problems in this world. I am not worrying about something that never, ever should have taken place.”
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