Porter told McGahn that the President suggested that McGahn would be fired if he did not write the letter.2088 McGahn dismissed the threat, saying that the optics would be terrible if the President followed through with firing him on that basis.2089 McGahn said he would not write the letter the President had requested.2090 Porter said that to his knowledge the issue of McGahn’s letter never came up with the President again, but Porter did recall telling Kelly about his conversation with McGahn.2091
