The Trump letter his lawyers said should never see 'light of day'

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2. More than anything, this is what enraged Trump about Comey

In the letter to Comey, Trump emphasized Comey's repeated assurances that the president was not a focus of the FBI investigation. That changed, though, when Trump fired Comey, prompting Mueller's appointment and launching a new line of inquiry into whether Trump was trying to obstruct a federal investigation.

He could never get Comey to make that statement publicly.

Then he fired Comey and brought the investigation he most feared into existence.