“Everything ... is 100 Percent Proper"

News  |  Jan 6, 2018

President Trump told the media again Saturday he is not under investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and has done nothing wrong as it relates to the Russia investigation.

NYT:

“Everything I’ve done is 100 percent proper,” Mr. Trump said during a news conference at Camp David, where he was asked about a New York Times report that he had pressed Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia inquiry. “That is what I do, is I do things proper.”

The president said the Times article, which reported that Mr. Trump had sought to protect himself by keeping Mr. Sessions in charge of the investigation, was “off,” though he did not elaborate.

CNN:

When asked by a reporter if he would meet with Mueller if requested, Trump responded, "yeah," but then immediately deflected to say there was "no collusion" between his campaign and Moscow in its alleged efforts to influence last year's election. Trump did not clarify his remarks.

"Just so you understand, there's been no collusion, there's been no crime, and in theory everybody tells me I'm not under investigation -- maybe Hillary (Clinton) is, I don't know -- but I'm not," he told reporters. "But we have been very open. We could have done it two ways. We could have been very closed, and it would have taken years. But you know, sort of like when you've done nothing wrong, let's be open and get it over with."

He continued: "Because, honestly, it's very, very bad for our country. It's making our country look foolish. And this is a country that I don't want looking foolish. And it's not gonna look foolish as long as I'm here."

‘Everything I’ve Done Is 100 Percent Proper,’ Trump Says of Russia Inquiry (NYT)

Trump appears to say he's willing to meet with Mueller's team (CNN)