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Close advisers and friends of President Donald Trump are warning him not to sit for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller, with some expressing skepticism that there would be any circumstance in which it makes sense to voluntarily submit to an interview, according to multiple sources familiar with the ongoing discussions.

The President has told friends he's willing to talk with Mueller - the man Trump views as leading a "Witch hunt" against him -- to make the case there was no wrongdoing, sources told CNN. White House special counsel Ty Cobb says the White House is cooperating with Mueller's investigation into potential collusion between the Trump team and the Russians in the 2016 election. Ref. CNN.

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Trump will never volunteer a meeting with someone who could cause him major trouble - not in a million years!

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Mueller wants to question Bannon. Special counsel Robert Mueller's team wants to question former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon about the firings of national security adviser Michael Flynn and FBI Director James Comey, according to two people familiar with the investigation.

Bannon is set to interview with Mueller by the end of the month, these people say, as the special counsel's investigation moves closer to President Trump's inner circle. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was a witness to the firing of Comey, was interviewed last week, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday.

In addition to the Comey and Flynn firings, key issues from Bannon's time in the White House are likely to include Trump's decision to fire then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates and any pressure the President may have exerted on Sessions about the FBI investigation into Russia's interference with the election. Ref. CNN.

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President Donald Trump called for special counsel Robert Mueller's firing last June, The New York Times reported Thursday evening, citing four people told of the matter.

The President didn't go through with the order after White House counsel Don McGahn threatened to quit instead of carrying it out. Ref. CNN.

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Why Trump’s desire to fire Mueller over Russia investigation may invite an obstruction case. If Russia special counsel Robert Mueller is indeed building a case of obstruction against President Trump, the president's thwarted attempt to fire the special counsel last year may have made Mueller's job that much easier. Even though White House Counsel Donald McGahn successfully headed off Trump's reported effort, Mueller could use the episode as evidence of Trump's intent to shield himself from possible legal jeopardy, according to several analysts. Ref. USAToday.

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By Mike Whitney. Why would Mueller waste time compiling a 37-page indictment when he knew that the alleged perpetrators would never be prosecuted? Why? Source 6u.

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Trump lawyer calls for end of Mueller probe. President Donald Trump's attorney John Dowd is calling for the end of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling.

"I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous example of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and bring an end to alleged Russia collusion investigation manufactured by McCabe's boss James Comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt dossier," Dowd told CNN in a statement, reacting to the news of former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe's firing.

Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, is overseeing the Russia investigation after Sessions recused himself from the probe last year. Ref. CNN.

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First person sentenced in Mueller probe. A Dutch lawyer tied to former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine after admitting to lying to special counsel Robert Mueller's team.

Alex van der Zwaan is the first person to be sentenced in Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

He pleaded guilty to lying to Mueller's team in February and faced up to six months in prison. Source 9p.