President Donald Trump insisted that no “collusion” between officials from his campaign and the Kremlin had been found in the Justice Department investigation. As a result, he said, he doesn't think there would be a need for him to speak to the special counsel. | Olivier Douliery/Pool/Getty Images Trump on whether he'll testify in Russia probe: 'We'll see what happens'

President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to commit to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in the investigation into Russian election interference, saying it is “unlikely” he would even be called to testify.

“We’ll see what happens. I mean, I’ll see what happens,” Trump said during a joint news conference with Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway at the White House.


The president insisted that no “collusion” between officials from his campaign and the Kremlin had been found in the Justice Department investigation. As a result, he said, he doesn't think there would be a need for him to speak to the special counsel.

“When they have no collusion and nobody’s found any collusion at any level, it seems unlikely that you’d even have an interview,” Trump said.

Mueller and federal prosecutors have spoken to various members of the Trump campaign and the White House as they continue to examine communications between Trump’s teams and Russian government operatives. In October, a White House official indicated that Trump’s lawyers were open to having him testify on the matter, even as the White House has continued to dismiss the Mueller investigation as a “hoax.”

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Earlier Wednesday, the president called the congressional and federal inquiries on Russia the “single greatest Witch Hunt in American history,” urging Republican lawmakers to “take control” of the proceedings.

“There was no collusion, everybody including the Dems knows there was no collusion, & yet on and on it goes,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Russia & the world is laughing at the stupidity they are witnessing. Republicans should finally take control!”

