Trump: I answered Mueller's questions very easily
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(16 Nov 2018) President Donald Trump says he has answered written questions from special counsel Robert Mueller but hasn't yet submitted them. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday that he answered the questions "very easily" this week but added that "you have to always be careful." The president did not say when he would turn over the answers to Mueller as part of the ongoing investigation into possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. Trump had huddled with lawyer at the White House this week but made clear: "my lawyers don't write answers, I write answers." Mueller had signaled a willingness to accept written answers on matters of collusion. The White House has said it would not answer Mueller's questions on possible obstruction of justice. The president spoke to reporters shortly after a district judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, though a lawsuit over the credentials' revocation is continuing. Trump said "people have to behave" while in the White House and he said his staff will be "writing up rules and regulations" to guide press for future events. The president insists he wants "total freedom of the press," but journalists "have to act with respect." Trump didn't say what the new rules and regulations will entail. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/df3a9b99d44305b7e8f1cd728c4f5d67
