(June 8, 2017) (“Legal analysts said Comey’s testimony clarified and bolstered the case that the president obstructed justice.”). 546 6/9/17 Email, Special Counsel’s Office to the White House Counsel’s Office. This Office made the notification to give the White House an opportunity to invoke executive privilege in advance of the interviews. On June 12, 2017, the Special Counsel’s Office interviewed Admiral Rogers in the presence of agency counsel. Rogers 6/12/17 302, at 1. On June 13, the Special Counsel’s Office interviewed Ledgett. Ledgett 6/13/17 302, at 1. On June 14, the Office interviewed Coats and other personnel from his office. Coats 6/14/17 302, at 1; Gistaro 6/14/17 302, at 1; Culver 6/14/17 302, at 1. 547 Ruddy 6/6/18 302, at 5. 548 Ruddy 6/6/18 302, at 5-6. 549 Ruddy 6/6/18 302, at 6. 550 Ruddy 6/6/18 302, at 6. 551 Trump Confidant Christopher Ruddy says Mueller has “real conflicts” as Special Counsel, PBS (June 12, 2017); Michael D. Shear & Maggie Haberman, Friend Says Trump Is Considering Firing Mueller as Special Counsel, New York Times (June 12, 2017). 552 Katherine Faulders & Veronica Stracqualursi, Trump friend Chris Ruddy says Spicer’s ‘bizarre’ statement doesn’t deny claim Trump seeking Mueller firing, ABC (June 13, 2017). 553 See, e.g., Michael D. Shear & Maggie Haberman, Friend Says Trump Is Considering Firing Mueller as Special Counsel, New York Times (June 12, 2017). 554 Ruddy 6/6/18 302, at 6-7. 555 Sanders 7/3/18 302, at 6-7. 556 Glenn Thrush et al., Trump Stews, Staff Steps In, and Mueller Is Safe for Now, New York Times (June 13, 2017); see Sanders 7/3/18 302, at 6 (Sanders spoke with the President directly before speaking to the press on Air Force One and the answer she gave is the answer the President told her to give). 557 Special Counsel’s Office Attorney 6/13/17 Notes. 558 Special Counsel’s Office Attorney 6/13/17 Notes. 559 Hearing on Fiscal 2018 Justice Department Budget before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science, 115th Cong. (June 13, 2017) (CQ Cong. Transcripts, at 14) (testimony by Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General). 560 Special Counsel’s Office Attorney 6/15/17 Notes. 561 Devlin Barrett et al., Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say, Washington Post (June 14, 2017). 562 CNN, for example, began running a chyron at 6:55 p.m. that stated: “WASH POST: MUELLER