(Alex Brandon/AP)President Trump on Monday took his attacks on the Russia investigation being led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in a novel direction, declaring that he could run the investigation himself if he wanted to. “I can go in, and I could do whatever — I could run it if I want,” Trump said in an Oval Office interview with Reuters. Trump’s attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, has previously argued that the president could end the Russia inquirye if he wanted to. But it is unclear how Trump would be able to run the investigation, which is examining, in part, whether there was any collusion between his campaign and Russia and whether he sought to obstruct justice. Trump pointed to the possibility of a conflict between his testimony and that of former FBI director James B. Comey, one of his most vocal critics.

Source: Washington Post August 21, 2018 00:33 UTC