--- title: Donald Trump Should Talk to Robert Mueller, Poll Says description: A large majority of Americans think President Trump should agree to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a poll canonical: https://time.com/5130558/donald-trump-robert-mueller-interview-oath/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-02T16:14:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:56:10.351Z article:section: Politics og:title: A Huge Majority of Americans Want Trump to Talk to Mueller Under Oath og:description: According to a new poll og:url: https://time.com/5130558/donald-trump-robert-mueller-interview-oath/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf44df79a1cfb6feb/6988fa58bc6cfc96bf3e4dc0/gettyimages-913126606.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Trump Returns To The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Huge Majority of Americans Want Trump to Talk to Mueller Under Oath twitter:description: According to a new poll twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf44df79a1cfb6feb/6988fa58bc6cfc96bf3e4dc0/gettyimages-913126606.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Big Majority of Americans Want Trump to Talk to Robert Mueller Under Oath > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=5dc19d31-9016-4897-b40c-baf55a9f91c9&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Trump Says He'd 'Love' to Talk to Robert Mueller. Under Oath [Watch (HLS stream): Trump Says He'd 'Love' to Talk to Robert Mueller. Under Oath](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SBMZZLGK.m3u8) (0:45)  _Published 2018-01-25. President Donald Trump declared late Wednesday he’s “looking forward” to being questioned — under oath — in the special counsel’s probe of Russian election interference and possible Trump obstruction in the firing of the FBI director._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 2, 2018 4:14 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 2, 2018 4:14 PM UTC A large majority of Americans in both political parties think President Donald Trump should consent to an interview with special counsel [Robert Mueller](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-robert-mueller-runner-up/), according to a new poll. [The Monmouth University survey](https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/MonmouthPoll%5FUS%5F020118%5FB/) released Thursday found that 71% of Americans think Trump should agree to an interview, including 85% of Democrats, 74% of independents and 51% of Republicans. If Trump does agree to an interview, 82% of respondents think he should do it under oath, including 67% of Republicans. Trump has said [he would “love” to talk to Mueller](http://time.com/5117627/donald-trump-robert-mueller-interview-looking-forward/), who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election, as well as whether the Trump campaign or Trump himself colluded with Russia or sought to obstruct justice. But it remains to seen whether in an interview, which could be risky for Trump, will actually take place. Mueller and congressional investigators have already interviewed [roughly 50 people](http://time.com/5120400/robert-mueller-interviews/) in Trump’s orbit, and Mueller has brought criminal charges against [four of Trump’s former aides](http://time.com/5044879/donald-trump-aides-charged-investigation/). **Read more**: [Robert Mueller Might Question Trump. Here’s What Could Go Wrong](http://time.com/5119027/robert-mueller-trump-investigation/) The survey of 806 adults, conducted Jan. 28-30, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. ## Transcript Are you going to talk to Mueller? I am looking forward to it, actually. You want to. Do you have a date set? There has been no collusion whatsoever. There's no obstruction whatsoever and I am looking forward to it. I would love to do that, like. I would like to do it as soon as possible. What would you do Mr. President? Good luck everybody. Do you have a date set? So here's the story. Do you have a date set Mr. President? I don't know. No I guess they're talking about two or three weeks but I would love to do it. Again I have to say subject to my lawyers and all of that but I would love to do it. Would you do it under oath Mr. President? Did Hillary do it under oath? I have no idea. I'm not asking that. I think you have an idea. Don't you have an idea? Wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait. [ INAUDIBLE ] Do you not have an idea ?- [ INAUDIBLE ] Do you really not have an idea? I really don't remember. I will give you an idea. She didn't do it under oath .- [ CROSSTALK ] But I would do it under oath. 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