1/ Robert Mueller’s team has begun writing its final report. Trump and his lawyers, meanwhile, have been reviewing his written answers to questions from the special counsel. Mueller is required to produce a “confidential report� at the end of his investigation, which includes “the prosecution or declination decisions reached by the Special Counsel.� With Jeff Sessions being replaced with Matt Whitaker, who has been openly critical of Mueller, it is not clear whether the report will release it at all, or in what form. (CNN)

Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow claimed there will be “no effect day-to-day� on Mueller’s investigation. Whitaker has taken responsibility for supervising Mueller’s probe even though he has written critically about the special counsel’s work and publicly criticized it. (Bloomberg)

Whitaker will not recuse himself from overseeing Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. It’s also unlikely that Whitaker would approve any subpoena of Trump as part of the investigation. (Washington Post)

Kellyanne Conway’s husband argued that Trump’s pick of Whitaker was unconstitutional and that he should to be subject to Senate confirmation before serving. (New York Times / Washington Post)

Trump is considering former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to replace Sessions. (CNN / CNBC)

Progressive groups are calling for nationwide protests today at 5 p.m. local time to demand protection for Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. The protests will be held under the banner, “Nobody is Above the Law,� and will be led by the activist group MoveOn. The protests were triggered by Trump’s decision to fire Jeff Sessions and replace him with Matthew Whitaker, who will now have authority over the Russia investigation. Sessions recused himself after he was first appointed in 2016, giving Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein oversight of the probe. Whitaker has publicly called for Mueller’s probe to be reigned in. (Reuters)

2/ Trump hasn’t decided whether he’ll answer any of Mueller’s questions, according to Rudy Giuliani. If Trump declines to answer the questions, Mueller would be forced to make a decision about whether to subpoena the sitting president and force a historic legal fight. (Politico)

3/ Trump suspended the White House press credentials of CNN’s Jim Acosta after a heated exchange at a press conferen...