Trump Resumes Attack On Russia Probe

United States President, Donald Trump, resumed his attack on Monday on the criminal investigation of his 2016 campaign's links to Russia, branding it "a total witch-hunt with massive conflicts of interest!"

Trump's latest salvo against special counsel, Robert Mueller's, probe came hours after White House lawyer, Ty Cobb, said the president is not considering firing Mueller. 

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Over the weekend, Trump unleashed a string of Twitter comments assailing the prosecutor, accusing him of political bias.

“In response to media speculation and related questions being posed to the administration, the White House yet again confirms that the president is not considering or discussing the firing of the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller,” Cobb said.

In one tweet Sunday recalling his 2016 election victory against Democrat Hillary Clinton, Trump said, "Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans? Another Dem recently added ... does anyone think this is fair? And yet, there is no collision.

Mueller has been a registered Republican, and was named FBI director years ago by Republican President, George W. Bush. Mueller is generally viewed in Washington as an apolitical prosecutor, whose investigation of the Trump campaign is supported by Democrats and key Republicans, some of whom voiced their support on Sunday news shows for his handling of the probe.

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On Saturday, Trump's personal lawyer, John Dowd, suggested that Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the special counsel, "bring an end" to Mueller's investigation, resulting in media speculation about Trump's next move regarding the probe.

Trump also attacked two former ousted FBI officials, former director James Comey, fired by Trump last May, and former deputy director Andrew McCabe, dismissed at Trump's urging late Friday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, 26 hours before McCabe was set to retire and collect his full pension.

 Trump contended that Comey's and McCabe's personal written recollections of their conversations he had with them are fabricated.