BALDWIN: You are watching CNN. I'm Brooke Baldwin. Here is breaking news. The White House is denying the president is obstructing justice in this Russia investigations but it appears something has suddenly and deeply disturbed this president. Because we are watching this outburst on his Twitter feed as Trump launches his most aggressive attack yet against the Russia investigation, telling his Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end the investigation right now. I'll read the tweet for you. This is a key piece. "Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further." It should be noted, however, that Sessions has recused him from all Russia-related matter, and it is Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, who is overseeing this entire thing. The president's direct attack on his own attorney general comes despite his aides saying they aren't worried about the trial under way of former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. Here is what the White House said today.</s>SARAH SANDERS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: It's not an order. It's the president's opinion. And it's ridiculous that all of the corruption and dishonesty that's gone on with the launching of the witch hunt, the president has watched this process play out, but he also wants to see it come to an end, as he stated many times. We look forward to that happening. Look, the president is not obstructing. He's fighting back. The president is stating his opinion. He's stating it clearly. He's certainly expressing the frustration that he has with the level of corruption that we've seen from people like Jim Comey, Peter Strzok, Andrew McCabe. There's a reason the president is angry. And frankly, most of America is angry as well. And there's no reason he shouldn't be able to voice that opinion.</s>SANDERS: Once again, as I said earlier, the president --
Trump Calls on Attorney General to End Russia Probe as Manafort Trial Begins.