WASHINGTON �� President Donald Trump's attorney said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election should itself be the subject of a Justice Department examination.
"We want the Mueller probe to be investigated the way the Trump administration has been investigated, and we'd like to see a report with the conclusions," Rudy Giuliani said on CNN's "State of the Union."
The comments followed his statements Friday that the president's legal team was looking into a Justice Department inspector general's report to determine whether they could make a case that Mueller's investigation is invalid because of findings of bias at the FBI.
Mueller is investigating Russian meddling, possible collusion with people around Trump and whether the president sought to obstruct justice.
"I'm not really saying the special counsel. I'm saying what led up to the special counsel. I don't think Mueller and his people need to be investigated unless something comes out of that," Giuliani said. "Remember, you've got a bunch of odd things that led to the appointment of Bob."
Trump and his allies are using last week's release of the inspector general's report on accusations of misconduct at the FBI as fresh fodder to undermine Mueller's investigation. Trump said Friday that "the Mueller investigation has been totally discredited."
The report from the inspector general focused on decisions by former FBI Director James Comey in the 2016 investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server �� well before Trump fired Comey and Mueller was named to take over the separate inquiry. Democrats have said the report provided no grounds to undercut Mueller's continuing investigation.
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(Shannon Pettypiece contributed to this report.)
