Actor Robert De Niro says he still hopes President Trump is convicted for colluding with Russia during the 2016 election, despite a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's report suggesting there's no evidence for such a claim.

“I might even be happier the day that Mueller puts him in handcuffs, takes him in an orange jumpsuit and puts him away for a long time,” De Niro said in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter.

De Niro added earlier in the interview that he thought it was his “civic duty” to play the part of Mueller on "Saturday Night Live."

"I consider it my civic duty to do that part — just to be there because [Mueller] doesn't say much, but he doesn’t have to. It's that simple," De Niro said.

De Niro has been in a feud with Trump since his election in 2016.

Last summer at the Tony Awards, De Niro said “It’s no longer ‘down with Trump,’ it’s ‘fuck Trump.’”

Trump fought back on Twitter calling De Niro “Low IQ.”

“Robert De Niro, a very Low IQ individual, has received too many shots to the head by real boxers in movies. I watched him last night and truly believe he may be “punch-drunk.” I guess he doesn’t,” Trump said.


Trump has also taken aim at what he believed was overly critical coverage of him by "SNL," even wondering if it warranted a Federal Election Commission and the Federal Communications Commission investigation.

“It’s truly incredible that shows like Saturday Night Live, not funny/no talent, can spend all of their time knocking the same person (me), over & over, without so much of a mention of 'the other side.' Like an advertisement without consequences. Same with Late Night Shows,” Trump said on Twitter last month.


“Should Federal Election Commission and/or FCC look into this? There must be Collusion with the Democrats and, of course, Russia! Such one sided media coverage, most of it Fake News,” he added.