WashPost: Mueller Wants to Talk to Trump About Flynn, Comey Firings

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is seeking to question President Donald Trump about his decisions to fire former FBI director James Comey and former national security adviser Michael Flynn in the next few weeks, The Washington Post reports. 

Trump's legal team has worked out terms it could present to Mueller "as soon as next week" and hopes to provide Trump’s testimony in a "hybrid form" – partially through a face-to-face interview and others through a written statement, according to the Post.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders during Tuesday's daily briefing would not confirm whether Trump would be interviewed, but said the administration was "going to be fully cooperative with the special counsel and we'll continue to do that throughout the process.

"The president wants to see this end and he wants to see them finally come to the same conclusion that I think almost everyone in America has," she added. "Frankly, this administration, we've said it time and time before, there was no collusion and there's nothing to it. We're ready to move on. Clearly the American people are."

Flynn in December pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI and is now cooperating with Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election and whether there was any coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.

Comey, fired in May by Trump, was asked by the president in February whether he could see his way to letting the Flynn matter go, a conversation that took place the day after Flynn's ouster and one Comey noted in a series of memos he wrote about his interactions with Trump.

The fact Mueller wants to probe Trump about their dismissals points to his increasing focus on whether the president obstructed justice since taking office, reports the Post.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for several hours last week by Mueller's office, and Comey spoke with investigators last year regarding his memos, according to a New York Times report.