Los Angeles Times

Report highlights

- — Anna M. Phillips and Chris Megerian

TRUMP’S POWERS

If the president uses his constituti­onal powers for “corrupt” reasons, those powers can be reviewed by Congress as possible grounds for impeachmen­t.

PRESIDENT’S FEAR

“Everyone tells me if you get one of these independen­t counsels it ruins your presidency,” President Trump told former Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions, according to the report. “This is the worst thing that ever happened to me.”

ORDERS IGNORED

Trump demanded that Don McGahn, then the White House counsel, get Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein to fire Robert S. Mueller III in June 2017, which McGahn ignored. Others ignored similar orders.

DOLLAR SIGNS

In interviews with investigat­ors, Michael Cohen said Trump saw dollar signs in his presidenti­al campaign — for the free publicity it would generate for the Trump Organizati­on.

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