President Trump wants to talk to special counsel Robert Mueller as part of Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election despite Trump’s lawyers urging him against it, according to a report Wednesday.

A person close to the president told CNN that Trump believes he is innocent ​of colluding with the Russians ​and ​feels confident ​of his vast experience testifying under oath in lawsuits during his time as a real estate developer.

“He thinks he can work this,” th​e person ​told the cable network​. “He doesn’t realize how high the stakes are.”

​But the person cautioned that once Trump commits, there’s no turning back: “You can’t get up and walk away. It’s not that easy.”

Trump’s lawyers fear the president, who’s known for making false statements and contradicting himself, could open himself up to a perjury charge, the New York Times reported Monday.

​Mueller’s investigators haven’t yet requested a formal interview, but Trump’s lawyers reportedly are negotiating behind the scenes on the scope of the questions and how the president could respond.​

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci seemed to signal Trump’s intentions during an interview Tuesday on CNN.

“He’s basically saying that, ‘I’m wide open as a book. I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong, and I’m willing to say so under oath,'” he told anchor Jake Tapper. “So again, I still think that that is on the table.”