Former US special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday asserted that he found statements by Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign praising WikiLeaks, "problematic."On July 24, Mueller testified publicly before two separate congressional panels and for the first time addressed questions over his 448-page report of Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential elections, The Washington Post reported.The first hearing, before the House Judiciary Committee chaired by Representative Jerrold Nadler, took place in the morning (local time), and the second, before the House Intelligence Committee chaired by Representative Adam B. Schiff began in the afternoon (local time).Asked by Representative Mike Quigley if he agreed with a comment from then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo that WikiLeaks functions as a "hostile intelligence service," Mueller said that he did.Quigley then read aloud parts of comments that Trump had made during the 2016 election campaign after WikiLeaks had ...
