Mueller's team, lawyers discuss possible Trump interview -NBC
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - 予選 discussions are under way for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to 潜在的に interview U.S. 大統領 Donald Trump as part of the 調査（する） of 申し立てられた／疑わしい ロシアの 干渉，妨害 in the 2016 選挙, NBC News 報告（する）／憶測d on Monday.
特記する／引用するing three people familiar with the 状況／情勢, NBC said lawyers for Trump had met with 代表者／国会議員s of Mueller's office in late December to talk about the 兵たん業務 of any such interview.
The discussions 含むd the possible 場所 and length of any interview 同様に as 合法的な 基準s and 選択s for its 判型, 含むing written 返答s instead of a formal sit-負かす／撃墜する, によれば the news 網状組織.
Mueller, under the 司法省, is 調査／捜査するing 主張s of ロシアの 干渉 in the U.S. 大統領の 選挙 and possible collusion by Trump's （選挙などの）運動をする.
U.S. 知能 機関s have 結論するd that Russia 干渉するd in the 選挙 to try to help Trump 勝利，勝つ. Russia has 否定するd any 干渉, and Trump has said there was no collusion.
Democratic U.S. 上院議員 Richard Blumenthal told MSNBC News on Monday that he 推定する／予想するd Mueller would try to talk to the 大統領，／社長 in person.
"He will interview the 大統領，／社長 直面する-to-直面する is my 予測," said Blumenthal, a member of the 上院 司法の 委員会, which is 行為／行うing its own Russia 調査.
Mueller's 調査（する） so far has led to two Trump associates, former 国家の 安全 助言者 Michael Flynn and （選挙などの）運動をする 補佐官 George Papadopoulos, pleading 有罪の to lying to 連邦検察局 スパイ／執行官s in the 調査.
Two others, Trump's former 選挙事務長 Paul Manafort and his associate Richard Gates, have also been 起訴するd but have pleaded not 有罪の. Manafort 告訴するd Mueller's office last week, 説 the special counsel's 調査 越えるs its 合法的な 当局.
Lawyers for the 大統領，／社長, 含むing Ty Cobb, John Dowd and Jay Sekulow, did not すぐに reply to requests for comment or were unavailable.
The 広報担当者 for the special counsel's office, Peter Carr, did not すぐに 答える／応じる to a request for comment.
Trump has 繰り返して said he 本人自身で is not under 調査.
Asked on Saturday if he would speak with Mueller's team, Trump said he would. He also defended his 合法的な team's work.
"There's been no collusion; there's been no 罪，犯罪," he told reporters while at the （軍の）野営地，陣営 David 大統領の 退却／保養地 in Maryland. "And in theory, everybody tells me I'm not under 調査.
"We have been very open," Trump said. " ... We could have been very の近くにd, and it would have taken years. But you know, it's sort of like, when you've done nothing wrong, let's be open and get it over with."
(付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by 示す Hosenball and Karen Freifeld; 令状ing by Susan Heavey; Editing by Lisa 出身の Ahn)
