• Trump’s lawyers called on the Justice Department immediately end the special counsel’s probe
• Attorney John Dowd said the probe into Russian interference should end as it is fatally flawed
• He called on Deputy Attorney General, who oversees the probe to shit it down

WASHINGTON, U.S. - In the wake of the controversial firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe - now, U.S. President Donald Trump’s legal team wants to see Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe to end.

Trump’s lawyer, Attorney John Dowd is said to have called on the Justice Department to immediately shut down Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, in the wake of the McCabe’s ouster.

Dowd issued a statement on Saturday, claiming that the investigation being led by special counsel Robert Mueller, was “fatally flawed” early on and “corrupted” by political bias. 

In his statement, he called on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the probe, to shut it down.

Dowd said in a statement, “I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous example of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and bring an end to alleged Russia Collusion investigation manufactured by McCabe’s boss James Comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt Dossier.”

In an interview with Daily Beast earlier in the day, Down clarified that he was speaking on behalf of the president and in his capacity as the president’s attorney.

Later, in an interview with The Washington Post, Down said that he was speaking for himself and not on Trump’s behalf. 

Then, on Saturday afternoon, Trump reiterated his claim that there was “no collusion” between his campaign and Russians in a tweet.

He also bemoaned what he described as “leaking, lying and corruption” in federal law enforcement agencies. 

However, he did not mirror Dowd’s call for an end to the Mueller probe.

Trump said on Twitter, “As the House Intelligence Committee has concluded, there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump Campaign. As many are now finding out, however, there was tremendous leaking, lying and corruption at the highest levels of the FBI, Justice & State. #DrainTheSwamp.”

Last week, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee closed their investigation, saying they found no "collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia.

The committee also denied that Russian efforts to interfere in the election were done to bolster Trump.

However, a separate investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee continues, as does Mueller’s probe.

On Friday, a day before McCabe was set to retire, Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe, claiming that he felt justified in making the move as “the FBI expects every employee to adhere to the highest standards of honesty, integrity and accountability.”

Sessions declared, “Pursuant to Department Order 1202, and based on the report of the Inspector General, the findings of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility, and the recommendation of the Department’s senior career official, I have terminated the employment of Andrew McCabe effective immediately.”

McCabe's firing, which is set to jeopardize his pension as a 21-year FBI veteran, was declared by the former FBI Deputy Director as an attempt to “slander” him and undermine the ongoing special counsel investigation into the Trump campaign.

McCabe, who was expected to stick around until March, announced his departure on January 30 - but remained on leave pending retirement.

The former FBI Deputy Director played a crucial role in the bureau's investigations of Hillary Clinton and Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election, and said that he is facing retaliation by the Trump administration.

His fired was based on a report by FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility which reportedly said that McCabe misled investigators about his communications with a former Wall Street Journal reporter who was writing about McCabe's role in probes tied to Clinton, including an investigation of the Clinton family's charitable foundation.

Denying that he ever misled investigators, McCabe has said that the release of the inspector general's report was "accelerated" after he testified behind closed doors before the U.S. House Intelligence Committee where he revealed he could back up Comey's claims.

He added he believes he is being “politically targeted” because he corroborated former FBI Director James Comey's claims that Trump tried to pressure him into killing the Russia probe.

He said, “Here is the reality: I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey.” 

He added, “The OIG's focus on me and this report became part of an unprecedented effort by the Administration, driven by the President himself, to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and possibly strip me of a pension that I worked 21 years to earn. This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort ... to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally."

Trump tweeted in response, “Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!”

Now, experts believe that if Dowd’s statement reflected Trump’s legal strategy, it would represent a significant shift in the president’s approach to the Mueller investigation.

Ever since the start of the probe, Trump’s lawyers and spokesmen have pledged that he and his White House staff would cooperate fully with Mueller’s probe. 

So far in the probe, senior officials have sat through hours of interviews with the special counsel’s investigators and the White House has responded to requests for documents.

On Thursday, after the special counsel subpoenaed documents from the Trump Organization regarding its dealings with Russia, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed that the move did not cross a red line in the view of the president.

She told reporters, “As we’ve maintained all along, and as the president has said numerous times, there was no collusion between the campaign and Russia. We’re going to continue to fully cooperate out of respect for the special counsel.”

On Saturday, after Dowd’s statement, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that there will be “severe consequences” for both Democrats and Republicans if Trump and his legal team take steps to interfere with or end Mueller’s probe.

Schumer added, “Mr. Dowd’s comments are yet another indication that the first instinct of the president and his legal team is not to cooperate with Special Counsel Mueller, but to undermine him at every turn.”