On the evening of June 14, 2017, the Washington Post published an article stating that the Special Counsel was investigating whether the President had 561 attempted to obstruct justice. This was the first public report that the President himself was under investigation by the Special Counsel’s Office, and 562 cable news networks quickly picked up on the report. The Post story stated that the Special Counsel was interviewing intelligence community leaders, including Coats and Rogers, about what the President had asked them to do in response to Comey’s March 20, 2017 testimony; that the inquiry into obstruction marked “a major turning point” in the investigation; and that while “Trump had received private assurances from then-FBI Director James B. Comey starting in January that he was not personally under investigation,” “[o]fficials say that 563 changed shortly after Comey’s firing.” That evening, at approximately 10:31 p.m., the President called McGahn on McGahn’s personal cell phone and they 564 spoke for about 15 minutes. McGahn did not have a clear memory of the call but thought they might have discussed the stories reporting that the President 565 was under investigation. Beginning early the next day, June 15, 2017, the President issued a series of tweets acknowledging the existence of the obstruction investigation and criticizing it. He wrote: “They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony 566 story. Nice”; “You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in 567 American political history—led by some very bad and conflicted people!”; and “Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, ‘bleached’ emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared—& they talk about 568 obstruction?” The next day, June 16, 2017, the President wrote additional tweets criticizing the investigation: “After 7 months of investigations & committee hearings about my ‘collusion with the Russians,’ nobody has been 569 able to show any proof. Sad!”; and “I am being investigated for firing the 570 FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt.” On Saturday, June 17, 2017, the President called McGahn and directed him 571 to have the Special Counsel removed. McGahn was at home and the 572 President was at Camp David. In interviews with this Office, McGahn recalled that the President called him at home twice and on both occasions