TCROW
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Vol II p. 89 OCR not perfect
RedactedMuellerReport said:Before the President terminated Corney, the President considered it critically important that he was not under investigation and that the public not erroneously think he was being investigated. As described in Volume TI, Section TI.D, supra, advisors perceived the President, while he wasdrafting the Corney termination letter, to be concerned more than anything else about getting outthat he was not personally under investigation. When the President learned ofthe appointment of the Special Counsel on May 17, 2017, he expressed further concern about the investigation, saying "[t]hisistheendofmyPresidency." ThePresidentalsofaultedSessionsforrecusing,saying "youwere supposed to protect me."