ations can shed light on the nature of the
President&#x2019;s acts and the inferences that can be drawn about his intent. In particular, the
actions we investigated can be divided into two phases, reflecting a possible shift in
the President&#x2019;s motives. The first phase covered the period from the President&#x2019;s
first interactions with Comey through the President&#x2019;s firing of Comey. During
that time, the President had been repeatedly told he was not personally under
investigation. Soon after 