nsel] reached.”
</p><!--l. 8--><p class="indent" >   Beginning in 2017, the President of the United States took a variety of actions towards
the ongoing FBI investigation into Russia&#x2019;s interference in the 2016 presidential election
and related matters that raised questions about whether he had obstructed justice. The
Order appointing the Special Counsel gave this Office jurisdiction to investigate matters
that arose directly from the FBI&#x2019;s Russia investigation, including whether the Presiden