The President also asked McGahn in the meeting why he had told Special Counsel’s Office investigators that the President had told him to have the Special Counsel removed.2105 McGahn responded that he had to and that his conversations with the President were not protected by attorney-client privilege.2106 The President then asked, “What about these notes? Why do you take notes? Lawyers don’t take notes. I never had a lawyer who took notes.”2107 McGahn responded that he keeps notes because he is a “real lawyer” and explained that notes create a record and are not a bad thing.2108 The President
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