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1/ "In addition to whether the President had a motive related to Russia-related matters...we considered whether the President's intent in firing Comey was connected to other conduct that could come to light as a result of the FBI's Russia-interference investigation" - Mueller
2/ For example: "Facts uncovered in the Russia investigation...ultimately led to the conviction of Cohen in [SDNY] for campaign-finance offenses related to payments he said he made at the direction of the President." - Mueller Report, Vol II, p 77, footnote 
Mueller couldn't prove that this was what Trump was thinking when he fired Comey, but the fact that Trump has been directly implicated in felony campaign finance violations as a result of the Russia investigation certainly speaks to why he might want to obstruct the investigation
