2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller will accept written answers from President Donald Trump on whether his campaign conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election, but Mueller is not ruling out a follow-up interview on that issue, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday [9-4-18]. Mueller’s offer to accept written responses from Trump on questions about possible collusion was contained in a letter that Trump’s lawyers received on Friday [8-31-18], the person said. The letter was first reported by the New York Times. Trump’s legal team and Mueller’s investigators have been negotiating for months over whether Trump will be formally interviewed in the probe. After receiving the written responses, Mueller’s investigators would decide on a next step, which could include an interview with Trump, the person said.”
–Reuters Staff, “Mueller Will Accept Trump’s Written Responses as First Step: Source,” The New York Times online, September 4, 2018