1. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and deputy press secretary Raj Shah are planning to leave the White House. Sanders plans to leave by the end of the year, while Shah hasn't settled on an exact date. Sanders denied on Twitter that she plans to leave: "Does @CBSNews know something I don’t about my plans and my future? I was at my daughter’s year-end Kindergarten event and they ran a story about my 'plans to leave the WH' without even talking to me. I love my job and am honored to work for @POTUS." (CBS News)

  2. White House Counsel Don McGahn recused his entire stafff from the Mueller investigation last summer because many of his staff "had been significant participants" in the firings of Michael Flynn and James Comey. Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said McGahn's recusal was a key reason why he was hired last summer to manage Trump's response to the Russia investigation. (Politico)

  3. The Inspector General will release a report today on the FBI's handling of its investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of a private email server in 2016. The report is expected to fault James Comey for violating long-standing FBI guidelines in his handling of the Clinton email investigation. The report's findings are also expected to touch on Bill Clinton's impromptu 2016 meeting on a tarmac in with then-attorney general Loretta Lynch, as well as the anti-Trump text messages between FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok. (NPR / New York Times)