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              Trump Attorney: President is Not Under Investigation



            By CATHERINE LUCEY                                                                                                  ity  that  an  investigation
            HOPE YEN                                                                                                            has  since  developed  and
            Associated Press                                                                                                    the  president  just  does
            WASHINGTON  (AP)  —  A                                                                                              not know, Sekulow said:  “I
            member of the president’s                                                                                           can’t read people’s minds,
            outside  legal  team  said                                                                                          but  I  can  tell  you  this,  we
            Sunday that Donald Trump                                                                                            have  not  been  notified
            is  not  under  federal  inves-                                                                                     that  there’s  an  investiga-
            tigation,  days  after  Trump                                                                                       tion  to  the  president  of
            appeared  to  confirm  he                                                                                           the  United  States.  So  that
            was with a tweet about be-                                                                                          —  nothing  has  changed
            ing  the  target  of  a  “witch                                                                                     in that regard since James
            hunt.”                                                                                                              Comey’s testimony.”
            Appearing  on  a  series  of                                                                                        The Post reported last week
            morning  news  programs,                                                                                            that  Robert  Mueller  —  the
            attorney  Jay  Sekulow  re-                                                                                         special  counsel  appoint-
            peatedly stressed that “the                                                                                         ed  to  investigate  Russian
            president has not been and                                                                                          involvement  in  the  2016
            is not under investigation.”                                                                                        presidential  election  —
            He said a Friday tweet from                                                                                         was  looking  into  whether
            Trump  was  specifically  di-                                                                                       Trump  obstructed  justice.
            rected  at  a  story  in  The                                                                                       Mueller was appointed by
            Washington Post about the    President  Donald  Trump,  center,  with  first  lady  Melania  Trump  and  their  son  Barron  Trump,  re-  Deputy  Attorney  General
            expanding probe into Rus-    sponds to a reporter’s question upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Sunday, June 18,   Rod  Rosenstein  and  has
            sia’s election meddling.     2017, from Camp David in Maryland.                                                     expansive powers to probe
            As evidence, Sekulow said                                                           (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)  any  matters  that  develop
            that  Trump  has  not  been   mony from former FBI Direc-  committee, in which Com-    tion  in  the  months  leading   from his initial investigation.
            notified  of  any  investiga-  tor  James  Comey  before  ey said he had told Trump  up to his May 9 firing.
            tion. He also cited the testi-  the  Senate  intelligence  he was not under investiga-  Asked  about  the  possibil-  Continued on page 3
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