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Trump Blasts 'Total Witch Hunt' After FBI Raids His Longtime Attorney's Office

The president unloaded on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions hours after the FBI executed search warrants against Michael Cohen.
Attorney Michael Cohen arrives at Trump Tower for meetings with then-President-elect Donald Trump in December 2016.

Updated at 8:15 p.m. ET

President Trump unloaded on both Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, hours after federal agents raided the office of Trump's longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen.

"It's a disgraceful situation. It's a total witch hunt," Trump said on Monday. "When I saw this, when I heard about it, that is a whole new level of unfairness."

It was not immediately clear why investigators targeted Cohen, but Cohen's lawyer

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