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Senator Richard Burr

pg 264

On March 9, 2017, Corney briefed the "Gang of Eight" congressional leaders about the
FBI's investigation of Russian interference, including an identification of the principal U.S.
subjects of the investigation. 307 Although it is unclear whether the President knew of that briefing
at the time, notes taken by Annie Donaldson , then McGahn' s chief of staff, on March 12, 2017 ,
state, "POTUS in panic/chaos ... Need binders to put in front of POTUS. (1) All things related
to Russia." 308 The week after Corney's briefing, the White House Counsel's Office was in contact
with SSCI Chairman Senator Richard Burr about the Russia investigations and appears to have
received information about the status of the FBI investigation. 309

Sarah Sanders

Pg. 284

In the afternoon of May 10, 2017, deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders spoke to the
President about his decision to fire Corney and then spoke to reporters in a televised press
conference. 478 Sanders told reporters that the President , the Department of Justice , and bipartisan
members of Congress had lost confidence in Corney, " [a]nd most importantly, the rank and file of
the FBI had lost confidence in their director. Accordingly, the President accepted the
recommendation of his Deputy Attorney General to remove James Corney from his position." 479
In response to questions from reporters , Sanders said that Rosenstein decided "on his own" to
review Corney's performance and that Rosenstein decided "on his own" to come to the President
on Monday, May 8 to express his concerns about Corney. When a reporter indicated that the "vast
majority" of FBI agents supported Corney, Sanders said , "Look, we've heard from countless
members of the FBI that say very different things. "48° Following the press conference, Sanders
spoke to the President, who told her she did a good job and did not point out any inaccuracies in
her comments. 481 Sanders told this Office that her reference to hearing from "co untless members
of the FBI" was a "slip of the tongue ."482 She also recalled that her statement in a separate press
interview that rank-and-file FBI agents had lost confidence in Corney was a comment she made
"in the heat of the moment" that was not founded on anything. 483