GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [5-4-18] that he would ‘love to speak’ with special counsel Robert Mueller, but only if he’s “treated fairly…” The President also called into question the impartiality of Mueller’s team, saying it was filled with Democrats, and pointed out that Mueller worked as the FBI director under President Barack Obama, even though he was initially appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican…Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, however, has been the subject of several Republican-led congressional inquiries. The House Intelligence Committee released a report last week in which the panel’s GOP members largely corroborated Trump’s position that there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia. Democrats on the committee contested many of the report’s findings.The President’s comments arrive at a time of heightened scrutiny over whether he and his legal team will participate in an interview with the special counsel as part of the ongoing Russia investigation.”
-Clare Foran and Kevin Liptak, “Trump says he would ‘love to speak’ with Robert Mueller,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 4, 2018 11:30 am