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WASHINGTON, March 18 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. US President Donald Trump said that the investigation conducted by US Attorney General Robert Mueller is based on fraudulent actions and should never have started because there was no collusion with Russia.

"Mueller's investigation should not have started because there was no conspiracy and no crime, it was based on fraudulent actions and a fake dossier paid by unfair Hillary and the National Committee of the Democratic Party and groundlessly used in the foreign intelligence control court to listen to my campaign . HUNTING WITCH! "- wrote the head of state in his Twitter.

The investigation into Trump for alleged ties to Russia, which is denied both in the White House and in the Kremlin, was led by the FBI director James Komi until May 9, 2017, Trump sent him out of office due to "loss of confidence." According to the president, he never asked Komi to close the investigation. Subsequently, the special prosecutor to investigate the "intervention of Russia" in the presidential elections in the US in 2016 was appointed ex-FBI chief Robert Muller. The Komi hinted through the press that Trump had asked him to stop the investigation and dismissed him, having been refused. However, Komi refused to confirm these leaks at a public hearing in Congress.

Earlier, Republicans in the US Congress published a memorandum on violations of the FBI in the investigation of the "intervention of the Russian Federation." The memorandum mentions violations related to eavesdropping of former adviser Trump Carter Page. It is noted that the dossier collected by Christopher Steel on behalf of the National Committee of the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters formed the bulk of the statement in the FISA on Page.

The published memorandum also says that the FBI staff "showed obvious bias" towards Trump and supported former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Steele also admitted in September 2016 that he did not want Trump to be elected.

Democrats in response said that the FBI and the Justice Department did not violate the FISA process. FISA is a court that allows spying on foreign citizens and, in some cases, for Americans at the request of special services. According to the Democrats, there was every reason to start listening to Page, in particular, because of his "history with Russian special services" and "suspicious activity in 2016, including in Moscow."

Russia has repeatedly refuted accusations of interference in US elections, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov called them "absolutely unsubstantiated."

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