President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE's barrage of tweets Wednesday morning going after 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 Russia investigation reportedly came after the president learned that Mueller wants to ask him about obstruction of justice.

ABC News, citing sources close to the White House, reported that Trump was upset with Mueller’s interest in obstruction and fired off a fresh round of attacks on the special counsel's credibility while calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsRoy Moore sues Alabama over COVID-19 restrictions GOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs MORE to end the probe.

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further," Trump tweeted.

..This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2018

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Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s lead attorney in the Russia investigation, later disputed that the president was directing Sessions to fire Mueller. Giuliani argued that Trump uses Twitter to express his opinions, which is what the president was doing Wednesday morning.

Trump’s latest criticism came as Mueller is reportedly looking at the president’s tweets as part of an investigation into whether he has obstructed justice. The New York Times reported that Mueller could look at the tweets as part of a larger pattern of behavior.

Giuliani has been coy about the likelihood of an interview between Trump and Mueller. He has repeatedly said Trump wants to interview with the special counsel's team, while simultaneously casting doubt on the chances of it happening.

The lawyer said last week that Trump would only agree to an interview if the special counsel ruled out questions about obstruction of justice and instead focused solely on whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.

Giuliani told reporters in New Hampshire on Wednesday that Trump’s legal team heard back a day earlier from Mueller about the proposal, but did not go into further detail.

“I’ve heard him say I want to be interviewed if my lawyers can reach an agreement on what the ground rules will be,” Giuliani said. “We’ve had a hard time doing that … but we’re still negotiating.

“They sent us a proposal, we responded to their proposal, they took about 10 days and yesterday we got a letter back from them,” he continued. “And now we’re in the process of responding to their proposal.”