Trump slams Ukraine whistleblower's submitting written answers as 'unacceptable' despite doing so himself during Mueller probe
Trump Slams Ukraine Whistleblower Submitting Written Answers as 'Unacceptable' Despite Doing So Himself During Mueller ProbePresident Donald Trump demanded on Monday that the Ukraine whistleblower provide public testimony to Congress, something he declined to do himself during former special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election interference.
Trump was responding to the news that the first whistleblower, who sounded the alarm about the president's controversial communications with Ukraine, offered to provide House investigators with written answers in order to protect his or her identity. All of the whistleblower's answers would be made under the penalty of perjury.
Mueller asked for Trump to be interviewed several times throughout the two-year investigation. But the president refused to provide Mueller's team with anything other than written responses. Trump's legal team argued that doing a live interview could set up a"perjury trap" for the president.
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