implicates the President, then we’ve got a national security issue, . . . so, you know, . . . we need some kind of heads up. Um, just for the sake of protecting all our interests if we can. . . . [R]emember what we’ve always said about the President and his feelings toward Flynn 835 and, that still remains. . . . On November 23, 2017, Flynn’s attorneys returned the call from the 836 President’s personal counsel to acknowledge receipt of the voicemail. Flynn’s attorneys reiterated that they were no longer in a position to share 837 information under any sort of privilege. According to Flynn’s attorneys, the 838 President’s personal counsel was indignant and vocal in his disagreement. The President’s personal counsel said that he interpreted what they said to him as a reflection of Flynn’s hostility towards the President and that he planned to 839 inform his client of that interpretation. Flynn’s attorneys understood that statement to be an attempt to make them reconsider their position because the President’s personal counsel believed that Flynn would be disturbed to know that 840 such a message would be conveyed to the President. On December 1, 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements 841 pursuant to a cooperation agreement. The next day, the President told the press that he was not concerned about what Flynn might tell the Special 842 Counsel. In response to a question about whether the President still stood 843 behind Flynn, the President responded, “We’ll see what happens.” Over the next several days, the President made public statements expressing sympathy for 844 Flynn and indicating he had not been treated fairly. On December 15, 2017, the President responded to a press inquiry about whether he was considering a pardon for Flynn by saying, “I don’t want to talk about pardons for Michael Flynn yet. We’ll see what happens. Let’s see. I can say this: When you look at what’s gone on with the FBI and with the Justice Department, people are very, 845 very angry.” 2. Conduct Directed at Paul Manafort On October 27, 2017, a grand jury in the District of Columbia indicted Manafort and former deputy campaign manager Richard Gates on multiple felony counts, and on February 22, 2018, a grand jury in the Eastern District of