Lawyers for President Trump
Donald John TrumpHouse Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for ‘serious case of amnesia’ after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don’t want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE met with members of special counsel Robert Mueller
Robert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE's team shortly before Christmas, CNN reported on Tuesday.
The details of the meeting were not reported, but according to CNN, the president's outside legal team was hoping to better understand the next steps in the probe and when it might come to an end.
Trump's lawyers have repeatedly predicted that investigation would wrap up quickly, though media reports indicate that the probe could continue well into 2018.
Neither the White House nor the special counsel's office immediately responded to The Hill's requests for comment.
It was not the first time Trump's lawyers have met with Mueller's team. But the meeting came after investigators wrapped up interviews with White House officials they had requested to speak with.
Mueller and his team are looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, as well as possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
Trump has repeatedly denied any improper contacts or coordination between his campaign and the Russians, and has called Mueller's investigation a "witch hunt."
In an interview with The New York Times last week, however, Trump said that he believed Mueller would treat him fairly in the investigation, though he also said that the probe made the U.S. look bad to the world.
Mueller's investigation has so far resulted in the indictments of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort
Paul John ManafortJudge warns Manafort not to discuss case with media Manafort involved in drafting op-ed defending his Ukrainian work: court papers Trump went off on Manafort for suggesting he should not appear on Sunday shows: report MORE and one of his associates, Rick Gates, who are facing charges of money laundering, tax evasion and failing to register as a foreign agent, among other allegations.
George PapadopoulosGeorge Demetrios PapadopoulosMueller team questions how much Trump knew on Russia contacts: report Papadopoulos lied to FBI out of loyalty to Trump: report White House was not aware Clovis testified before grand jury: report MORE, a former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, has also pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about his contacts with a professor with ties to the Russian government.
Michael Flynn, Trump's first national security adviser, pleaded guilty last month to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the month before Trump took office.