Early Saturday morning, Trump's lead personal lawyer John Dowd told reporters that Mueller's probe should end, pointing to McCabe's firing as a sign the whole investigation is tainted. (vox.com)
To unpack this: The president is arguing that one of Comey's memos spurred the appointment of Mueller, which he deems illegal because Comey leaked one of his memos to a friend, who shared it with a reporter, thus kicking off the whole investigation. (vox.com)
The authors of the GOP memo would like the country to believe that the investigation began with Christopher Steele and the dossier, and if they can just discredit Mr. Steele, they can make the whole investigation go away regardless of the Russians» interference in our election or the role of the Trump campaign in that interference. (vox.com)