Mueller: Trump wanted to sack me for investigating the Russian intervention

Former US special investigator Robert Muller said today that President Donald Trump had wanted to sack him over his possible investigation into the possibility of obstructing Trump's justice in an investigation into possible Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential election. Muller added that Moscow had intervened widely and systematically in those elections.

The 74-year-old investigator said at a hearing held by the US House Judiciary Committee that his report, published last month, had not concluded Trump's conviction and was not acquitted of the charge of obstructing justice.

Muller said in his speech that his report contains the findings and investigations that have been carefully drawn and confirmed his adherence to the report. Muller said that in his career he faced many challenges, but the most serious was the efforts of the Russian government to intervene in the US presidential elections.

The credibility of the investigation
Müller's investigation of nearly two years, the former special investigator stated that the report was conducted impartially and independently, and that the investigation team stressed in the report that "he will not say if the president committed an offense, this was our decision and will remain so."

On the subject of Russian intervention, Muller, who was a former director of the FBI, spoke about his report, which exceeded 400 pages on Moscow's efforts to help Trump in the 2016 election, but added that he could not find any evidence to prove The complicity between Moscow and the Trump campaign team, despite frequent contact between the parties.

Trump said after the Mueller report that the report absolved him of complicity with the Russian government over presidential intervention, prompting the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jerry Nadler, to ask Müller whether his report really absolved the president of the charge. Previous No.

The former US president has described Muller's investigation as merely a witch hunt, an attempt to prove something that does not exist, accusing the former investigator of a conflict of interest. Muller responded by saying that those responsible for ethics in the Justice Department - They said there was no conflict of interest.

Pursuit of the President
The former US special investigator explained that the Justice Department's guidance that an indictment should not be sent to the president when he is in office does not apply to a person if he leaves office.

Muller is expected to testify later in the day to the Senate-controlled House Intelligence Committee, while Republicans control the Senate. The Chamber of Deputies continues to investigate whether Trump may be obstructed by justice in connection with Muller's investigation, but there is a split among Democrats over the start of the removal of President Trump between supporters and opponents.