Article snippet: MORE over the weekend, signaling a shift in his criticism of the Justice Department probe into Russian election interference. In a series of tweets on Saturday and Sunday, Trump took aim at Mueller, calling his investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia a "witch hunt" and suggesting bias on the part of Mueller. The Twitter attacks on Mueller — which came in the wake of former FBI deputy director MORE's firing — were the first of their kind by Trump. The president has frequently bashed the probe and asserted there was no collusion between himself and Russia, but until now Trump had never mentioned Mueller by name in his critical tweets. According to a report by The New York Times, Trump's lawyers had asked him for months to avoid the specific mention of Mueller on the social media platform, and aides told the publication that the president is feeling more emboldened than ever to speak his mind. The ramped up criticism from Trump started on Saturday when his personal lawyer John Dowd called on Deputy Attorney General MORE to end the investigation on the president's behalf. Dowd later reversed course, saying he gave the statement in his personal capacity. "I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous example of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility and Attorney General James Comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt Dossier,” Dowd said in a statement first reported by The Daily Beast. ... Link to the full article to read more