McGahn’s attorney informed the President’s personal counsel that the Times story was accurate in reporting that the President wanted the Special Counsel removed.2069 Accordingly, McGahn’s attorney said, although the article was inaccurate in some other respects, McGahn could not comply with the President’s request to dispute the story.2070 Hicks recalled relaying to the President that one of his attorneys had spoken to McGahn’s attorney about the issue.2071
