President Donald Trump charged Thursday that the stepped-up probe into whether his campaign colluded with Russia to tilt last year's election was dividing the country.
"I respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt," Trump said when asked about the nomination of a high-powered special counsel to investigate suspected Russian meddling.
"I think it divides the country," he told a joint press conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. "There is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but I can always speak for myself, and the Russians -- zero."