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 asked former Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente to be interviewed as part of the probe into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.

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Maddow's team said they had obtained a letter from Boente to Associate Deputy Attorney General Scott Schools, informing him of Mueller's request.

"The requested interview concerns activities occurring within the bounds and scope of my duties with the Department of Justice. I have no reason to believe that I am a subject or the target of the investigation," Boente wrote.

Exclusive: Dana Boente letter that he has been asked for an interview by Robert Mueller: pic.twitter.com/DLGXHVuBna — Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) April 10, 2018

Boente served as acting deputy attorney general in 2017 after Sally Yates Sally Caroline YatesButtigieg, former officials added to Biden's transition team The Hill's 12:30 Report: Delegates stage state-centric videos for the roll call Trump fires back at Yates for convention speech: 'Terrible AG' MORE was fired.

He currently serves as the acting assistant attorney general of the National Security Division.

"As Acting Deputy Attorney General, I was responsible for the overall operation of the Department of Justice, and given the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE, the investigation of the Russian government's interference in the 2016 presidential election," Boente said in the letter.

The letter comes a day after the FBI raided the office of President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE's personal lawyer Michael Cohen.

Cohen's attorney said the raid by the U.S. attorney's office came "in part" from a referral from Mueller.