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The requests broadly ask for any document or email related to a series of highly publicized incidents since Trump became president, including the firing of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Comey, the people said. The list demonstrates Mueller's focus on key moments and actions by the president and close advisers which can address whether Trump sought to block the FBI investigations of Flynn and of Russian interference. His team is also eyeing whether the president sought to obstruct the earlier Russia probe.
The special counsel team's work has zeroed in recent months on Paul Manafort, a former chairman of the Trump campaign, and Michael Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser. An official close to the probe said both men are under investigation.
Mueller's agents have questioned witnesses and business associates of both men about whether the men sought to conceal the nature of consulting work they did that could benefit foreign governments. In a raid of Manafort's home last month, agents sought to seize records related to Manafort's finances.
”I am convinced that no matter where they end up, this investigation will run to completion even if they fire Mueller," the official said. ”There is a feeling of inevitability now that we didn't have before — not of the outcome of the investigation, but that there will be an outcome. There is no escaping this thing, whatever the conclusions."
