INVESTIGATING TRUMP FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.” CNN, (June 14, 2017, published online at 7: 15 p.m. ET). 563 Devlin Barrett et al., Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say, Washington Post (June 14, 2017). 564 SCR026_000183 (President’s Daily Diary, 6/14/17) (reflecting call from the President to McGahn on 6/14/17 with start time 10:31 p.m. and end time 10:46 p.m.); Call Records of Don McGahn. 565 McGahn 2/28/19 302, at 1-2. McGahn thought he and the President also probably talked about the investiture ceremony for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, which was scheduled for the following day. McGahn 2/28/18 302, at 2. 566 @realDonaldTrump 6/15/17 (6:55 a.m. ET) Tweet. 567 @realDonaldTrump 6/15/17 (7:57 a.m. ET) Tweet. 568 @realDonaldTrump 6/15/17 (3:56 p.m. ET) Tweet. 569 @realDonaldTrump 6/16/17 (7:53 a.m. ET) Tweet. 570 @realDonaldTrump 6/16/17 (9:07 a.m. ET) Tweet. 571 McGahn 3/8/18 302, at 1-2; McGahn 12/14/17 302, at 10. 572 McGahn 3/8/18 302, at 1, 3; SCR026_000196 (President’s Daily Diary, 6/17/17) (records showing President departed the White House at 11:07 a.m. on June 17, 2017, and arrived at Camp David at 11:37 a.m.). 573 McGahn 3/8/18 302, at 1-2; McGahn 12/14/17 302, at 10. Phone records show that the President called McGahn in the afternoon on June 17, 2017, and they spoke for approximately 23 minutes. SCR026_000196 (President’s Daily Diary, 6/17/17) (reflecting call from the President to McGahn on 6/17/17 with start time 2:23 p.m. and end time 2:46 p.m.); (Call Records of Don McGahn). Phone records do not show another call between McGahn and the President that day. Although McGahn recalled receiving multiple calls from the President on the same day, in light of the phone records he thought it was possible that the first call instead occurred on June 14, 2017, shortly after the press reported that the President was under investigation for obstruction of justice. McGahn 2/28/19 302, at 1-3. While McGahn was not certain of the specific dates of the calls, McGahn was confident that he had at least two phone conversations with the President in which the President directed him to call the Acting Attorney General to have the Special Counsel removed. McGahn 2/28/19 302, at 1-3. 574 McGahn 3/8/18 302, at 1. 575 McGahn 3/8/18 302, at 1. 576 McGahn 3/8/18 302, at 1. 577 McGahn 3/8/18 302, at 1-2. 578 McGahn 3/8/18 302, at 1-2.
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