(CNN) In an interview with Fox News' Catherine Herridge Thursday night, President Donald Trump was asked about the Mueller report and the possibility of former and current aides being called before Congress to testify amid ongoing oversight investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

"Nobody has ever done what I've done," Trump replied. "I've given total transparency. It's never happened before like this."

That phrase "total transparency" is Trump's attempt to cast himself -- and his administration -- as an open book. He let his aides talk to special counsel Robert Mueller. They did. Mueller found that there was no criminal conspiracy to work with the Russians and decided not to make a recommendation as to whether Trump obstructed justice in his repeated attempts to meddle in the ongoing probe.

But the idea that Trump offered up anything like the "total transparency" he is now touting is beyond laughable for one very simple reason: Trump never sat down with Mueller and his team to answer questions. The end.

Let me put a bit more meat on that bone.