Trump lashes out at Mueller update

(NBC News) President Trump on Thursday lashed out at special counsel Robert Mueller, calling him “totally conflicted” and a “true never-Trumper.”

The President’s comments came one day after Mueller made his first public statement on his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible cooperation with the Trump campaign.

Earlier Thursday, Trump tweeted that he had “nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected.” But he walked back that statement while speaking to reporters shortly after the tweet, saying that “Russia did not help me get elected.”

Mueller made it clear in his statement Wednesday that his investigation did not clear President Trump and that charges were never an option because Justice Department policy does not allow the prosecution of a sitting president.

In a new interview with CBS News, Attorney General William Barr threw the responsibility on obstruction back to the special counsel for not reaching a conclusion on the charge.

More than 40 Democrats and one Republican, Michigan’s Justin Amash, are now calling for impeachment.

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