[(Title)] White House downplays Trump tweet on Russia probe.

..This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further.

白宫新闻秘书萨拉·赫卡比·桑德斯周三表示，当特朗普总统在推特上发布了司法部长应该结束对俄罗斯的调查时，他没有向杰夫·塞申斯发出正式指示。

Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!

"It's not an order. It's the president's opinion," Sanders told reporters during a press briefing.

桑德斯在新闻发布会上对记者说：“这不是命令，是总统的意见。”

Sanders called the special counsel's probe into ties between the Trump campaign and Russian interference in the 2016 "ridiculous" and said the president "wants to see it come to an end."

桑德斯呼吁特别法律顾问调查特朗普竞选与俄罗斯干涉竞选之间的联系，并称总统“希望看到它结束”。

"The president is not obstructing. He is fighting back," she added.

她补充道：“总统并没有阻挠，他在反击。

Sessions has recused himself from the investigation into Moscow's election meddling, and Sanders said she was unaware of Trump making similar comments to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing the special counsel.

桑德斯回避了对莫斯科选举干预的调查，而且她表示，她并不知道特朗普向正在监督特别法律顾问的副检察长罗德·罗森斯坦提出了类似意见。

Her comments echo those make by Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Jay Sekulow, who told The Washington Post the president "uses tweets to express his opinion."

她的评论与特朗普律师鲁迪·朱利亚尼和杰伊·塞库洛的评论一致，后者告诉华盛顿邮报总统“使用推文表达他的意见”。

Multiple Republicans on Capitol Hill, however, pushed back on Trump's tweeted comments.

然而，国会山上的多名共和党人推翻了特朗普的推特评论。

"I think it's highly inappropriate and intemperate. ...It would be far better if the president just refrained from commenting and Mr. Mueller proceeds with his investigation,

“我认为这是非常不合适和不节制的......如果总统只是不发表评论并且穆勒先生继续他的调查，情况会好得多。”苏珊·科林斯对记者说，“这毕竟已经导致30多起起诉，并导致正在进行的审判。”

which after all has already resulted in more than 30 indictments ... and has lead to a trial that is ongoing even as we speak,"  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told reporters.

Trump's has repeatedly denounced special counsel Robert Mueller's "witch hunt" investigation, and has railed against Sessions for his recusal, publicly expressing his desire that he had selected a different attorney general.