Donald Trump Jr. claims prosecutors are 'not investigating actual crimes'

Donald Trump Jr.
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In an appearance on Fox & Friends on Monday, Donald Trump Jr. confidently dismissed both Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether President Trump's campaign was involved with Russian election interference and the investigation in the Southern District of New York.

After Fox & Friends played a clip of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie arguing that New York prosecutors posed a greater threat to the Trump administration than Mueller, the younger Trump played it cool, saying he wasn't worried.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.