--- title: Trump Attacks the Russia Investigation in CPAC Speech description: President Donald Trump attacked Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation in a speech to conservative supporters calling the probe “bullsh--.” canonical: https://time.com/5542409/trump-russia-investigation-cpac-speech/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-02T20:42:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T22:55:17.573Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Calls Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation 'Bullsh--' in CPAC Speech og:description: “They try to take you out with bullsh--” og:url: https://time.com/5542409/trump-russia-investigation-cpac-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c9701fa44ca9b0a/69894621096a94a5596a4aec/trump-russia-investigation-cpac-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Trump attacks Robert Mueller's Russia investigation in CPAC speech og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Calls Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation 'Bullsh--' in CPAC Speech twitter:description: “They try to take you out with bullsh--” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c9701fa44ca9b0a/69894621096a94a5596a4aec/trump-russia-investigation-cpac-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Calls Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation 'Bullsh--' in CPAC Speech by [Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg Mar 2, 2019 8:42 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during CPAC 2019 on March 02, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during CPAC 2019 on March 02, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland.Tasos Katopodis—Getty Images by [Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg Mar 2, 2019 8:42 PM UTC President Donald Trump attacked Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation in a speech to conservative supporters on Saturday, calling the probe “bullsh–” and claiming the special counsel was biased against him. Trump’s comments to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland came amid expectations that Mueller is wrapping up his investigation and preparing to send his findings to U.S. Attorney General William Barr within days or weeks. “They try to take you out with bullsh–,” Trump said of Mueller’s probe. The president reiterated his previous criticism of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whom he fired a day after the November midterm elections, calling him “weak” for recusing himself from Mueller’s investigation. The speech came days after Trump’s former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen accused Trump of misdeeds in a daylong House hearing. Cohen alleged on Wednesday that Trump paid hush-money to a porn star prior to his election and overstated his net worth for loans, insurance and tax purposes. Cohen told the House Oversight and Reform Committee that Trump Organization employees regularly lied for Trump. In June 2016, Cohen said, Donald Trump Jr., “leaning over to his father and speaking in a low voice,” said “the meeting is all set.” That was the month Trump Jr., the president’s eldest child, and others met with Russians dangling the prospect of dirt on Hillary Clinton. Cohen acknowledged that he had no direct evidence of Trump colluding with Russia, saying only that “I have my suspicions.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5542409/trump-russia-investigation-cpac-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5542409/trump-russia-investigation-cpac-speech/"},"headline":"President Trump Calls Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation 'Bullsh--' in CPAC Speech","datePublished":"2019-03-02T20:42:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T22:55:17.573Z","description":"“They try to take you out with bullsh--”","url":"https://time.com/5542409/trump-russia-investigation-cpac-speech/","keywords":["White House","onetime","Russia Investigation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c9701fa44ca9b0a/69894621096a94a5596a4aec/trump-russia-investigation-cpac-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c9701fa44ca9b0a/69894621096a94a5596a4aec/trump-russia-investigation-cpac-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump attacks Robert Mueller's Russia investigation in CPAC speech","caption":"President Trump attacks Robert Mueller's Russia investigation in CPAC speech","creditText":"Tasos Katopodis—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5542409/trump-russia-investigation-cpac-speech/","name":"President Trump Calls Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation 'Bullsh--' in CPAC Speech"}}]}] ```