NEW: Pres. Trump responds harshly to special counsel Robert Mueller's statement for the first time on camera, saying, “Robert Mueller should have never been chosen,' and calling him 'a true never Trumper.'
President Donald Trump responded harshly to special counsel Robert Mueller for the first time on camera Thursday morning saying “Robert Mueller should have never been chosen" and calling him 'a true never Trumper."
"The whole thing is a scam. It's a giant presidential harassment," Trump said."Russia did not help me get elected. You know who got me elected? I got me elected. Russia didn’t help me at all,” Trump said, adding that, if anything, Russia helped “the other side” get elected. "I think it was the same as the report, it wasn't much change ... it's nothing but a witch hunt," President Trump says of special counsel Robert Mueller's public statement https://t.co/nyQAAnKPaF pic.twitter.com/f76PufymCP"I don't see how... I can't imagine the courts allowing it," Trump said."To me, it's a dirty word, the word 'impeach.' It's a dirty, filthy, disgusting word," he said.
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