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This week closed with the dramatic revelation that President Donald Trump had attempted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller in June 2017, only to be thwarted by White House lawyer Don McGahn.

But before the story broke, a host of other important developments unfolded related to the Russia investigation, as well as the effort to discredit it. Amid talk of a secret memo authored by House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes and accusations of a secret society at the FBI, senior officials at the FBI came under fire by several powerful actors, including the president himself.

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Sonam Sheth and Bryan Logan contributed to this report.