Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersNYT editorial board remembers Ginsburg: She 'will forever have two legacies' Two GOP governors urge Republicans to hold off on Supreme Court nominee Sanders knocks McConnell: He's going against Ginsburg's 'dying wishes' MORE (I-Vt.) said Friday that Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and intent to get involved in this year's midterm elections “has been clear to everyone" except President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE.

“It is the American people who should be deciding the political future of our country, not Mr. Putin and the Russian oligarchs,” Sanders said in a statement.

“It is absolutely imperative that the Mueller investigation be allowed to go forward without obstruction from the Trump administration or Congress,” he continued.

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Sanders's statement comes on the heels of 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 indictment Friday of 13 Russian nationals and three Russian groups for allegedly interfering in the 2016 election.

The charges allege that Sanders was one of the candidates that Russians sought to support during the campaign. Sanders, an Independent senator who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, did not address his campaign being mentioned in the charges against the Russians.

Overall, the special counsel's office alleges that Russians interfered in the 2016 election with the aim of helping Trump's campaign and hurting Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina MORE, the eventual Democratic nominee.

It also alleges that some defendants, while posing as U.S. people, communicated with "unwitting individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and with other political activists to seek to coordinate political activities."

Democrats have said the indictments disprove Trump’s past claims that Mueller’s probe is a “witch hunt,” while Trump on Friday responded to the charges by claiming "the Trump campaign did nothing wrong — no collusion!"

"Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President. The results of the election were not impacted," Trump asserted.