--- title: Donald Trump Blasts Obstruction of Justice Probe Report description: President Donald Trump fought back on Twitter Thursday morning against reports that he was being investigated for obstructing justice canonical: https://time.com/4819677/donald-trump-obstruction-of-justice-twitter/ author: Jennifer Calfas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-15T12:27:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:07:37.153Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Slams Report of Obstruction of Justice Investigation og:description: Trump called it a "phony story" og:url: https://time.com/4819677/donald-trump-obstruction-of-justice-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0ccc83f85665ed/6988d180cf40a8dbb8c481b0/donald-trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: GOP Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Gives Foreign Policy Address In DC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Slams Report of Obstruction of Justice Investigation twitter:description: Trump called it a "phony story" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0ccc83f85665ed/6988d180cf40a8dbb8c481b0/donald-trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Slams Report of Obstruction of Justice Probe > Sponsored content. 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President Trump said he is "100%" willing to testify under oath about his dealings with fired FBI Director James Comey, after disputing statements Comey made during his Thursday Senate testimony._ by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Jun 15, 2017 12:27 PM UTC President Trump said he is "100%" willing to testify under oath about his dealings with fired FBI Director James Comey, after disputing statements Comey made during his Thursday Senate testimony. by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Jun 15, 2017 12:27 PM UTC [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4819646/donald-trump-birthday-jokes-stephen-colbert/) fought back on Twitter early Thursday morning against a report that the [special counsel](http://time.com/4817327/donald-trump-robert-mueller-russia-investigation-political/?xid=homepage) investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election was investigating him for obstruction of justice. “They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice,” Trump tweeted early Thursday morning. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/875305788708974592) Citing five people briefed on the subject, [the Washington _Post_ reported](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/special-counsel-is-investigating-trump-for-possible-obstruction-of-justice/2017/06/14/9ce02506-5131-11e7-b064-828ba60fbb98%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.c4600393c7b2) Wednesday evening that Special Counsel [Robert Mueller](http://time.com/4816360/paul-ryan-donald-trump-robert-mueller-investigation/?xid=homepage) expanded his investigation to include whether Trump has obstructed justice. Mueller took over the investigation after former FBI Director James Comey was fired. At his testimony in front of Congress last week, Comey said he believed Trump fired him as a result of how he was handling the Russia probe. A spokesman for Trump’s attorney, Marc Kasowitz, questioned the legality of leaking information on the investigation [in an interview with TIME](http://time.com/4819320/donald-trump-robert-mueller-investigation-obstruction-of-justice/?xid=homepage), but did not deny the report. [Obstruction of justice](http://time.com/4781655/donald-trump-james-comey-michael-flynn-obstruction-of-justice/) is defined as someone who intentionally tampers with or intervenes with an ongoing investigation. At Comey’s testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee last week, the former FBI director said Trump had asked him to stop investigating former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn. Comey did not say whether he thought Trump’s actions constituted an obstruction of justice, but [said he was “sure”](http://time.com/4810883/comey-testimony-donald-trump-obstruction-of-justice/?iid=sr-link2) Mueller would investigate it. Trump continued on Twitter that people “are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history” — a claim he has made in the past. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/875321478849363968) Trump turned 71 years old on Wednesday. ## Transcript [00:00] Mister President, wanna get back to James Comey's [00:02] testimony. You suggested he didn't tell the truth in [00:05] everything he said. He did say under oath that [00:09] you told him to let the Flynn, you said you hoped the [00:12] Flynn investigation he could let go. I didn't say that. So [00:15] he lied about that? Well I didn't say that, I mean I will [00:18] tell you I didn't say that. And did he ask you to pledge [00:22] ->> And there would be nothing wrong if I did say [00:23] according to everybody that I read today, but I did not [00:26] say that .>> And did he ask for a pledge of loyalty [00:29] from you? That's another thing he said. No he did [00:32] not .>> So he said those things under oath would you [00:33] be willing to speak under oath too, give your version of [00:37] these events .>> 100 % I didn't say under oath. I [00:41] hardly know the man. I'm not gonna say I want you to [00:43] pledge allegiance. Who would do that? Who would ask [00:46] a man to pledge allegiance under oath? I mean think of [00:49] it. I hardly know the man. It doesn't make sense. No, I [00:53] didn't say that, and I didn't say the other. So if Robert [00:55] Muller wanted to speak with you about that, you- I [00:57] would be glad to tell him exactly what I just told you, [00:59] Joe. And you seem to be hinting that there are [01:02] recordings of those conversations. I'm not hinting [01:04] anything, I'll tell you about it over a very short period of [01:06] time. When is that? Okay? [ INAUDIBLE ] Okay, do you [01:09] have a question here? When will you tell us about the [01:12] recordings? Over a fairly short period of time. Why [01:14] won't you tell us now? [01:18] Are there tapes sir? 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