Trump intensifies effort to discredit Mueller report as Russia inquiry nears end

As Washington waits for Robert Mueller to turn over his investigation findings to the justice department, Trump says ‘people will not stand for it’

Donald Trump has intensified his attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation in his latest effort to undermine the findings in Mueller’s highly anticipated report, saying “people will not stand for it”.

The investigation is widely expected to end in the coming weeks, but Trump was focused on its beginnings rather than its conclusion, complaining about Rob Rosenstein’s appointment of Mueller in May 2017. The deputy attorney general appointed the special counsel after Trump fired James Comey, the FBI director who was leading an investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

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