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Mueller interview poses thorny predicament for Trump

Many in Washington see President Trump as impulsive, sometimes profoundly inarticulate, and prone to bursts of hyperbole. And those are his supporters.

His opponents aren’t nearly as generous. They view the leader of the free world as a congenital liar.

In the next several weeks, investigators and prosecutors working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller are hoping to sit down and formally question Mr. Trump as part of their ongoing probe into whether Trump and others conspired with Russia to meddle in the 2016 presidential election and whether Trump engaged in obstruction of justice when he fired FBI Director James Comey.

Trump has repeatedly denied charges of collusion and obstruction.

It is unclear what evidence has already been compiled proving or

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