 Office and again pressured him to deny the reports. In the same
meeting, the President also asked McGahn why he had told the Special Counsel
about the President&#x2019;s effort to remove the Special Counsel and why McGahn took
notes of his conversations with the President. McGahn refused to back away from
what he remembered happening and perceived the President to be testing his
mettle.
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