Trump: Russia Investigation ‘really Unfair For Our Midterms’

KEN THOMAS and DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press, The Columbian
Fri, 09/07/2018 - 11:40am

FARGO, N.D. — President Donald Trump said Friday that the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential is not only bad for the country, “it’s really unfair for our midterms.” Trump also said special counsel Robert Mueller should have wrapped up the inquiry a “long time ago.” Asked about the investigation, which he has repeatedly denounced as a “witch hunt,” Trump reiterated to reporters that there was no collusion between anyone one his presidential campaign and the Russian government. But he said the time had long past for the investigation to have ended. “We have to get it over with.

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