US President Donald Trump would take in the election campaign from foreign bodies information that would harm his opponent. „I think I would accept it,“ Trump said on a similar question in an interview with the US television channel ABC, which was released on Wednesday evening.
„This is not interference (in the election campaign, note),“ said Trump. It’s just about information. When asked if his campaign team would accept such hints – for example, from Russia or China – or would rather turn on the FBI federal police, Trump said, „I think maybe you should do both.“ He said, „I think that should you listen to yourself. There is nothing wrong with listening to this. “
An interference in the US policy is not that: „This is not interference, they have information,“ said Trump. „I think I would take them.“ Trump said that these are simply investigations into the political opponent – and such investigations are quite common, even among members of the Congress. „They do it all,“ he claimed.
Trump contradicts FBI boss
If he assumes that something is wrong, he might „turn on“ the FBI. At the same time, the US President emphasized, „Never in my life have I called the FBI.“ The FBI does not have enough people to handle such matters. On the objection that FBI boss Christopher Wray said that this was by no means permissible and that the FBI wanted to „know“ about a foreign interference, Trump said: „The FBI boss is wrong there.“
Democrats shocked by statements
Jerry Nadler, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the House of Representatives, shocked Trump’s remarks. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, who wants to stand up against Trump in the presidential race, wrote on Twitter: „A foreign government attacked our 2016 election to back Trump, Trump welcomed that, and Trump hampered the investigation.“ Now, say openly that he would do that again. „It’s time to move Donald Trump out of office,“ she demanded. Other high-ranking Democrats reacted outraged.
Trump’s remarks come just days before he intends to launch his election campaign for the next presidential election in 2020, and just weeks after completing Russian investigations by special investigator Robert Mueller.
Ex-communication chief wants to testify before Congress
Meanwhile, former communications chief Trumps announced plans to testify in Congress. There, the Democrats answer questions that remained unclear after completion of the Mueller investigations. Hope Hicks will appear before the panel next Wednesday, Justice Committee chair Nadler announced Wednesday. It is planned to publish a transcript of the survey later.
The Washington Post reported earlier that Hicks wanted to testify behind closed doors. It may be that they do not answer many of the panel’s questions, relying on an instruction from the White House. The US government headquarters had told Hicks not to cooperate with the committee. Hicks had worked for several months as Communications Director for the President and left the White House in the spring of 2018. Meanwhile, she works for the media company 21st Century Fox.
Mueller report continues to engage Congress
For about two years, Mueller investigated the question of whether Trump’s campaign team made collusion with representatives of Russia, and whether Trump, when he was president, later obstructed judicial investigations. Background of the investigation was the alleged interference of Moscow in the US presidential campaign 2016.
Mueller had said he and his team had demonstrated clear efforts by Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. Russia is said to have intervened with hacker attacks in the election campaign to help Trump and damage its then rival of the Democrats, Hillary Clinton. So far, the Russian government consistently rejected such allegations.
Mueller’s final report states that there have been numerous contacts between Trump’s camp and representatives of Russia. Proof of a crime would not be available. In addition, various attempts by Trump were listed to influence the investigations. Although Mueller left open, whether Trump guilty of the legal disability guilty. He expressly did not release the President from this accusation. Since then, the Democrats in the US Congress have summoned various people from Trump’s environment to pursue open questions in the affair even after the conclusion of the investigation.
