Trump calls on Jeff Sessions to end the Mueller investigation

President Trump on Wednesday tweeted that Attorney General Jeff Sessions should step in and end Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether the Trump campaign was involved with Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

Sessions "should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now," Trump wrote, "before it continues to stain our country any further." Trump has previously expressed frustration that Sessions recused himself from overseeing the investigation, but he has never before directly and publicly asked that Sessions shut down the probe or fire Mueller.

The president additionally accused Mueller of unfair bias against Trump and his campaign team and claimed without evidence that Mueller's investigation is affected by conflicts of interest. Mueller was appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the probe. Trump nominated Rosenstein to his post last year.

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