White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday called the Russia collusion probe "a total hoax" and a "waste of taxpayer money," but added that the White House remains willing to cooperate with the investigation.

Sanders, appearing on CNN's "New Day," accused the network of perpetuating "a total hoax" in its coverage of the ongoing Russia investigation.

The White House press secretary attacked the network for "the Russian fever that you guys have perpetuated every single day," and suggested CNN had only focused on whether Trump was involved in the alleged collusion, not on how Russia tried to influence the election.

Trump's possible involvement falls under special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's purview in the investigation, host Chris Cuomo pointed out.

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Mueller's probe has so far led to two indictments and two guilty pleas. Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort Paul John ManafortOur Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Bannon trial date set in alleged border wall scam Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE was indicted in October. In recent weeks, Mueller has suggested he would like to interview the president about his campaign's possible ties to Russia.

Cuomo also brought up reports of Trump's previous plans to fire the top prosecutor last summer and new arguments by the White House counsel that Mueller has not yet met the bar needed to interview the president.

Sanders maintained that the White House is still being fully cooperative with the investigation and that the attorneys were just going through the "proper process" in considering Trump's potential interview with the FBI investigator.

Cuomo said if the lawyers will inevitably come to allowing Trump to interview, they should stop wasting his tax money and green light the interview.

"If you want to talk about wasting tax money, let's talk about the entire investigation as a whole," Sanders shot back.