
Special Counsel removed in June 2017 and that McGahn had threatened to resign rather
than carry out the order. The President reacted to the news stories by directing White
House officials to tell McGahn to dispute the story and create a record stating he had not
been ordered to have the Special Counsel removed. McGahn told those officials
that the media reports were accurate in stating that the President had directed
McGahn to have the Special Counsel removed. The President then met with
McGahn in the Oval