Trump lashes out, indicates he’s being investigated for possible obstruction of justice

President Trump on Thursday dismissed a bombshell Washington Post report that special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating him for obstruction of justice.

“They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story,” the president tweeted. “Nice.”

“You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history — led by some very bad and conflicted people!” Trump added in an apparent jab at Mueller. “#MAGA.”

The tweets appeared to be a reaction to a Fox & Friends segment on the Post’s report. In recent days, Trump allies, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, have argued that Mueller is too close to former FBI Director James Comey to investigate Trump’s firing of him.

(A White House official said Tuesday that Trump interviewed Mueller as a potential replacement for Comey the day before he was tapped as special counsel.)

On Wednesday night, the newspaper reported that Mueller, who is overseeing the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, is “interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice.”

According to the paper, National Intelligence Director Daniel Coats, National Security Director Mike Rogers and ex-Deputy National Security Director Richard Ledgett have agreed to be interviewed by Mueller’s investigators.

The story cited as sources five people “who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.”

The White House has been referring all questions about the Russia investigation to Trump’s personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz, who responded to the report by condemning the “FBI leak.”

“The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal,” a spokesman for Kasowitz told the Post.

The newspaper did not report receiving information from the FBI.

The obstruction probe was launched by Mueller shortly after Trump fired Comey, the Post reported. Last week, Comey testified before the Senate intelligence committee that he believed the president fired him because of the Russia investigation.

Earlier this week, a pair of Trump’s closest confidants — Gingrich and Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy — said they believed the president was considering firing Mueller.

“I think he’s considering perhaps terminating the special counsel,” Ruddy, a longtime friend of the president, told PBS’ Judy Woodruff. “I think he’s weighing that option.”