Trump calls investigation on Russia collusion in US election 'illegal'

August 31, 2018 09:29

United States President Donald Trump has said the Russia collusion in US polls investigation headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is "illegal" as the probe continues to hone in on his inner circle.

In an interview to Bloomberg News, Trump told that Mueller's appointment to investigate his 2016 election campaign for possible collusion with Russia was wrong.

"I view it differently. I view it as an illegal investigation," he told Bloomberg.

He cited unnamed "great scholars" who say that "there never should have been a special counsel," according to the news agency.

Some legal experts have questioned the Justice Department's naming of Mueller, a former FBI director, to handle the probe in the absence of a specific law governing special prosecutors.

But Trump's own Justice Department says it is legal.

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