President Trump on Tuesday said special counsel Robert Mueller must limit his testimony to what’s in his report on the Russia investigation when he appears before two House panels later this month.
”Robert Mueller is being asked to testify yet again. He said he could only stick to the Report, & that is what he would and must do,” the president wrote on Twitter. “After so much testimony & total transparency, this Witch Hunt must now end. No more Do Overs. No Collusion, No Obstruction. The Great Hoax is dead!”
Mueller has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees publicly on July 17.
In May, Mueller addressed the media to clear up the conclusions he made in the 448-page report on the two-year investigation.
He said the report “speaks for itself” and that he wouldn’t have additional information if called to testify in Congress.
“Beyond what I have said here today and what is contained in our written work, I do not believe it is appropriate to speak further or comment,” he said.
The president has claimed Mueller’s report exonerated Trump of collusion and obstruction.
Mueller said because of longstanding Justice Department regulations that a sitting president cannot be indicted, his team of investigators didn’t consider trying to indict Trump.
In the report, he said they didn’t find evidence of a criminal conspiracy but said they also weren’t exonerating Trump of obstructing justice, and included 10 instances in which the president tried to derail his investigation.



