About Whether the President is Under Investigation 2. The President Makes the Decision to Terminate Comey E. The President’s Efforts to Remove the Special Counsel 1. The Appointment of the Special Counsel and the President’s Reaction 2. The President Asserts that the Special Counsel has Conflicts of Interest 3. The Press Reports that the President is Being Investigated for Obstruction of Justice and the President Directs the White House Counsel to Have the Special Counsel Removed F. The President’s Efforts to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation 1. The President Asks Corey Lewandowski to Deliver a Message to Sessions to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation 2. The President Follows Up with Lewandowski 3. The President Publicly Criticizes Sessions in a New York Times Interview 4. The President Orders Priebus to Demand Sessions’s Resignation G. The President’s Efforts to Prevent Disclosure of Emails About the June 9, 2016 Meeting Between Russians and Senior Campaign Officials 1. The President Learns About the Existence of Emails Concerning the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower Meeting 2. The President Directs Communications Staff Not to Publicly Disclose Information About the June 9 Meeting 3. The President Directs Trump Jr.’s Response to Press Inquiries About the June 9 Meeting 4. The Media Reports on the June 9, 2016 Meeting H. The President’s Further Efforts to Have the Attorney General Take Over the Investigation 1. The President Again Seeks to Have Sessions Reverse his Recusal 2. Additional Efforts to Have Sessions Unrecuse or Direct Investigations Covered by his Recusal I. The President Orders McGahn to Deny that the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel 1. The Press Reports that the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel 2. The President Seeks to Have McGahn Dispute the Press Reports J. The President’s Conduct Towards Flynn, Manafort, HOM█ █ █ █ 1. Conduct Directed at Michael Flynn 2. Conduct Directed at Paul Manafort 3. Harm to Ongoing Matter█ █ █ █ K. The President’s Conduct Involving Michael Cohen 1. Candidate Trump’s Awareness of and Involvement in the Trump Tower Moscow Project 2. Cohen Determines to Adhere to a “Party Line” Distancing Candidate Trump From Russia 3. Cohen Submits False Statements to Congress Minimizing the Trump Tower Moscow Project in Accordance with the Party Line 4. The President Sends Messages of Support to Cohen 5. The President’s Conduct After Cohen Began Cooperating with the Government L. Overarching Factual Issues