US President Donald Trump is under investigation for possible obstruction of justice by Robert Mueller, the special counsel examining Russias interference in the 2016 election, a media report said.
In response, Trump on Thursday mocked federal investigators for making up a “phoney collusion with the Russians story”, the New York Times reported.
“They made up a phoney collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice,” Trump tweeted.
In a later tweet, the President once again called the Russia investigation a “witch hunt” and called the people leading it “very bad”, apparently a reference to Mueller and others at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Mueller has requested interviews with three current or former senior intelligence officials, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
The move suggested Mueller is examining whether Trump sought their help in trying to get former FBI chief James Comey to end an investigation into Michael T Flynn, the former National Security Adviser.