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It\\u2019s May 17, 2017. White House Counsel Don McGahn is in the Oval Office with the president. McGahn\\u2019s job is to represent the office of the presidency, which isn\\u2019t quite the same as representing the president personally. It\\u2019s a delicate line to walk, and Trump hasn\\u2019t made the job any easier. McGahn is supposed to act as the point of contact between the White House and the Department of Justice, to ensure all the rules are being followed. But the president has made clear, he\\u2019s not interested in following the rules. Trump has already fired his FBI director. That\\u2019s why McGahn is in the Oval that morning, they need to interview a new nominee for the position. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is there too.

Sessions interrupts the meeting. He has an urgent phone call from the Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, so he steps outside to take it. Sessions returns a moment later and relays the message: Rosenstein has appointed a Special Counsel to oversee the Russia investigation. It\\u2019s the former FBI director, Robert Mueller.\\xa0\\xa0

Trump slumps back in his chair. He says, \\u201cOh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I\\u2019m fucked.\\u201d

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