• The president calls Mr. Comey to make a request. In response, according to two people who were briefed on the conversation, Mr. Comey tells Mr. Trump that he needs to stop trying to discuss current investigations with him.

• Over lunch, Mr. Comey shares his fears about the president with a friend. That friend, Benjamin Wittes, talks on the record — and on tape — to The Times.

Background reading:

• Mr. Schmidt’s latest story about how the president’s efforts to reach out made Mr. Comey uneasy.

• The president responds to the appointment of a special counsel, saying it’s a “witch hunt” and arguing that collusion “divides the country.”

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