GETTY There is pressure around Trump's alleged links with the Kremlin

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The US leader tweeted: “While all agree the US President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us. FAKE NEWS.” This comes amid pressure on the US president over his alleged links with the Kremlin. The White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has refused to rule out the possibility that Mr Trump would use his pardon power to shield himself from lawsuits.

While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us.FAKE NEWS — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017

While all agree the US President has the complete power to pardon President Trump

Donald Trump questioned why his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and special counsel Robert Mueller were not investigating former FBI Director James Comey or Hillary Clinton for her email practices as secretary of state. He wrote on Twitter: "So many people are asking why isn't the A.G. or Special Counsel looking at the many Hillary Clinton or Comey crimes. 33,000 emails deleted... "My son Donald openly gave his e-mails to the media & the authorities whereas Crooked Hillary Clinton deleted (& acid washed) her 33,000 e-mails!"

The relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, in pictures Wed, July 19, 2017 The relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is under intense scrutiny as ties between the two leaders are being examined for possible illegal activity Play slideshow Mikhail Klimentyev/TASS 1 of 10 Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and US President Donald Trump talking during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg

The FBI decided last year not to recommend criminal charges against Mrs Clinton for her email practices. Mr Trump fired Mr Comey in May. The US Senate Judiciary Committee said on Friday that Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and Mr Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort had agreed to negotiate whether to be interviewed by the panel in its Russia investigation. The Washington Post reported on Thursday President Trump had inquired about his authority to issue pardons to aides, family members and perhaps himself as Mueller's Russia probe widens.

GETTY The White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

The President also had words for Republican senators who have not been able to agree on a way forward to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act, which has become known as Obamacare and which Trump promised to do away with as president.