'Still no collusion'
Donald Trump yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into ties between the president's campaign team and Russia with a trademark tweet, reiterating "there is still No Collusion."
"Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History...and there is still No Collusion and No Obstruction," Trump tweeted.
The Republican president has repeatedly insisted he's the target of a "witch hunt" and denied any collusion between Team Trump and Moscow to win the presidency against former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
In a follow-up tweet, Trump also revived claims that former president Barack Obama's administration spied on his campaign, after the FBI in 2016 launched its investigation into ties between the Republican camp and Russia.
Since his appointment on May 17, 2017, Mueller -- a veteran prosecutor and former FBI director -- has kept his silence on the investigation. But his team has notched 22 indictments, including those of former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Mueller was given the reins of the probe shortly after Trump sacked James Comey as FBI director. The special counsel has requested an interview with Trump -- a proposal the White House has thus far not accepted, as his lawyers debate the risks.
Meanwhile, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Mueller's team has told the White House that whatever evidence it comes up with in the Russian meddling probe, it cannot indict President Donald Trump.
Giuliani told CNN and Fox News on Wednesday that Mueller's team had accepted a longstanding, though never tested Justice Department legal interpretation that a sitting president is immune from indictment.
"All they get to do is write a report," Giuliani told CNN. "They can't indict. At least they acknowledged that to us after some battling, they acknowledged that to us."
Mueller's spokesman Peter Carr refused to comment on Giuliani's remarks.
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