The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on 18 April released a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential race.
“Statements are made about me by certain people in the Crazy Mueller Report, in itself written by 18 Angry Democrat Trump Haters, which are fabricated & totally untrue. Watch out for people that take so-called ‘notes,’ when the notes never existed until needed. Because I never….” he said on Twitter.
One the one hand, according to the report, as the head of the country he has legal powers — such as the ability to fire FBI Director James Comey, as he did in May 2017 — but on the other, as president, his opinions and suggestions to associates about their disclosures during the investigation, whether public or private, bear undue weight compared to almost anybody else in the country. Trump’s comments on 18 April referred to this debate.