Article snippet: MORE and his team did not speak with “the people who were closest” to him and his campaign, even though Mueller interviewed several former aides and the president did not agree to sit with the special counsel. “Isn’t it amazing that the people who were closest to me, by far, and knew the Campaign better than anyone, were never even called to testify before Mueller,” Trump tweeted. “The reason is that the 18 Angry Democrats knew they would all say ‘NO COLLUSION’ and only very good things!” The special counsel spoke to several White House staffers, including a number of people who worked on the 2016 campaign, as part of his nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. A redacted version of Mueller's final report was released last week. In it, the special counsel said the probe did not establish that Trump colluded with the Russian government. Mueller neither exonerated nor implicated Trump on obstruction of justice but detailed 10 "episodes" that investigators reviewed for the charge. Among those who cooperated with the special counsel, according to the report, were White House senior adviser MORE and Stephen Bannon also cooperated. Tweets from the president since the report’s release suggest he is not happy with the news coverage, some of it fueled by notes taken by McGahn and others who provided their paperwork to Mueller’s team. Trump pushed back earlier Monday against the idea that his aides routinely went against his directives... Link to the full article to read more