Kremlin officials on Tuesday called the investigation into possible collusion between Russia's government and 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 campaign pointless, comparing the probe to “passing water through a sieve.”

In a statement to reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added that there was “hope” that 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 would conclude soon and “one day” proclaim both Russia and the Trump administration's innocence, according to Reuters.

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“In Russian, it’s called passing water through a sieve,” he said. “That’s exactly what the process looks like.”

“There’s hope that it will wind up one day,” he added.

Trump himself has continually called the special counsel office's investigation into his campaign a “witch hunt” and has painted the effort as little more than Democrats in the media and intelligence community attempting to cast doubt on the legitimacy of his 2016 election victory.

The president has called for the end of the investigation and questioned why FBI agents with supposed biases against him and his administration are able to be working on the investigation.

On Tuesday, the president lashed out at the investigation and suggested that the Mueller team would be interfering in the 2018 midterm elections.

“The 13 Angry Democrats (plus people who worked 8 years for Obama) working on the rigged Russia Witch Hunt, will be MEDDLING with the mid-term elections, especially now that Republicans (stay tough!) are taking the lead in Polls. There was no Collusion, except by the Democrats!” Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning.

The 13 Angry Democrats (plus people who worked 8 years for Obama) working on the rigged Russia Witch Hunt, will be MEDDLING with the mid-term elections, especially now that Republicans (stay tough!) are taking the lead in Polls. There was no Collusion, except by the Democrats! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2018

Other members of the Trump administration, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Michael (Mike) Richard PompeoOvernight Defense: Pentagon redirects pandemic funding to defense contractors | US planning for full Afghanistan withdrawal by May | Anti-Trump GOP group puts ads in military papers Overnight Defense: House Democrats unveil stopgap spending measure to GOP opposition | Bill includes .6B for new subs | Trump issues Iran sanctions after world shrugs at US action at UN Navalny calls on Russia to return clothes he was wearing when he fell ill MORE, have pushed back on claims that the Kremlin was not involved in election interference in 2016, calling such claims “false.”

“The Russians attempted to interfere in the United States election in 2016,” Pompeo told “Fox News Sunday" in April.