Report highlights
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.