announced his third presidential run<\/a>, is facing a number of investigations which will now fall under the special prosecutor’s purview, including allegedly storing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate and allegedly inciting the Jan. 6 riots. On Friday, the former president maintained his innocence, calling the appointment \u201cunfair,\u201d \u201cpolitical,\u201d \u201cnot even believable,\u201d and \u201cthe worst politicization of justice in our country.”<\/p>\n\u201cI have been proven innocent for six years on everything \u2014 from fake impeachments to Mueller, who found no collusion, and now I have to do it more? It is not acceptable. It is so unfair. It is so political,\u201d Trump told Fox, adding \u201cI am not going to partake in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House did not receive any advance notice of the appointment. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is \u2014 the Department of Justice makes their own decision when it relates to criminal investigation. We were not involved,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n
When asked specifically about Trump’s comments to Fox, Jean-Pierre reaffirmed the White House’s stance. <\/p>\n
“We do not politicize the Department of Justice. That is something that the president said during the campaign. That is something that the president said during his early days of being in the White House, and that continues to be true. We were not involved in this particular issue,” Jean-Pierre said. <\/p>\n