President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that there will be interference in November’s midterm congressional elections — but he said the meddling would be conducted by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and his Justice Department team.

The president also acknowledged he has been spending a lot of time and energy on the special counsel’s probe of whether Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, as well as possible coordination between Trump’s campaign and Moscow and whether the president obstructed justice. He has previously denied it has been a distraction.

The allegation — which Trump did not support with evidence — was a remarkable one coming from a sitting U.S. president, and comes with control of both the House and Senate for the remainder of his term on the line. Most reputable polling outfits predict Democrats have a legitimate chance of controlling both chambers in the next Congress.

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Trump described Mueller and his team as “13 Angry Democrats (plus people who worked 8 years for Obama),” writing he expects Comey’s staff “will be MEDDLING with the mid-term elections, especially now that Republicans (stay tough!) are taking the lead in Polls.”