President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE blasted 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 investigation into Russia's election interference Thursday as a "coup."

“This was a coup," Trump said on Sean Hannity's Fox News show. "This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government.”

Later in the interview, Trump compared the probe to the Watergate scandal which resulted in former President Nixon's resignation.

“Bigger than Watergate," Trump said. "Because it means so much. This was a coup. This wasn’t stealing information from an office in the Watergate apartments, this was an attempted coup."

TRUMP: "This was a coup. This wasn't stealing information from an office in the Watergate apartments. This was an attempted coup. Like a third world country. Inconceivable." pic.twitter.com/3g8LBIstLS — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 26, 2019

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The president later added that the investigation into Russian interference was something that would happen in "a third world country."

The report on special counsel Robert Mueller's probe was released earlier this month.

The investigation did not uncover coordination between Trump's 2016 campaign and the Kremlin.

But it did confirm the American intelligence community's conclusion that Russia interfered with the 2016 election in "sweeping and systematic fashion" with the goal of electing Trump.

Trump and his supporters have taken a victory lap following the report's release, touting that it proved "no collusion, no obstruction."

On the issue of obstruction, Mueller's team detailed 10 potential cases of obstruction of justice, but did not make a determination on the issue.