Donald Trump attempted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller after expressing fears the probe would “end” his presidency, according to the newly released Mueller report.

The order, which came just weeks after Mr Mueller had been appointed in May 2017, was among a string of incidents of alleged obstruction of justice recounted in detail by the Mueller report.

Mr Mueller, who was tasked with looking into Russian election meddling in the 2016 campaign, makes clear in the report that he was not exonerating Mr Trump over obstruction of justice.

The 448-page report was released on Thursday. The full findings are still emerging as journalists and congressmen scour the full document. Here are the key pieces of information that have emerged so far.

Russia's carried out "systematic" election meddling but Trump campaign did not cooperate

The Kremlin used the Internet Research Agency (IRA) to carry out an operation to undermine the US electoral system which began in 2014.

Through the IRA, the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential in “sweeping and systematic fashion” to aid Donald Trump and harm Hillary Clinton, the report states.

Tweets from an IRA account was quoted or retweeted by Trump campaign officials and surrogates, including Donald Trump Jnr, Eric Trump, Kellyanne Conway, Brad Parscale and Michael Flynn.