President Trump called Fox & Friends Thursday morning and gave a characteristically rambling interview during which he called the Russia investigation a witch hunt again, praised his congressional allies like Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), claimed Hillary Clinton colluded with Russia, and said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) should get the Medal of Honor.
The Medal of Honor is awarded for military heroism and Trump, shortly after his comments added: "Maybe we'll call it the Medal of Freedom because we actually give them, the high awards for civilians."
The Medal of Freedom is traditionally given to people recognized as having contributed to national or international security, arts and culture, or world peace efforts.
Trump also said the country got very lucky when he fired FBI Director James Comey and claimed he would do whatever necessary to get the Russia probe over with.
When asked about answering written questions, sitting down for an interview with the special counsel team or some hybrid approach, the president didn't rule it out.
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When asked whether he would fire [Deputy Attorney General Rod] Rosenstein after the midterm elections, Trump reiterated he and Rosenstein have a "good relationship."
Trump said he's "surprised" the deputy attorney general will not appear on Capitol Hill to testify under oath after he was asked by some members of Congress to do so.
"Frankly, whether you were under oath or not shouldn't matter," Trump said. "He mentioned things to me that I would think would be fine for him to testify when Congress calls."
Monday, the president said he had no intent in firing Rosenstein ahead of their departure together aboard Air Force One to Orlando.