DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [9-7-18] that the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is not only bad for the country, it’s ‘really, really unfair for the midterms.’ Trump said the inquiry should have been wrapped up a ‘long time ago.’ Asked about the investigation he has repeatedly denounced as a ‘witch hunt,’ Trump reiterated his insistence that there was no collusion between anyone on his presidential campaign and the Russian government. He said it was long past time for the investigation to have ended…Trump has portrayed the probe as a waste of time that has lasted too long and been a distraction for the country. He again argued that the case was being prosecuted by partisan Democrats, even though Robert Mueller, who runs the investigation, is a lifelong Republican. The president spoke to reporters in the midst of a two-day campaign swing through states where Republicans hope to expand their narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate by knocking off vulnerable Democratic Sens. Jon Tester of Montana and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota.”
–The Associated Press, “Trump: Russia Probe ‘Really, Really Unfair for the Midterms’,” The New York Times online, September 7, 2018