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On Wednesday night, The Post reported that special counsel Robert Mueller, appointed to investigate attempts by Russia to meddle in the 2016 election, had expanded that investigation to include possible obstruction of justice by President Trump.

The move by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Trumps conduct, we wrote, marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation, which until recently focused on Russian meddling during the presidential campaign and on whether there was any coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Investigators have also been looking for any evidence of possible financial crimes among Trump associates, officials said.

In response to that report, the Republican Party issued a set of talking points, meant to guide allies of Trumps in rebutting the claims made in our article. Those talking points are below, annotated by The Post with notes clarifying or correcting the arguments being made.

The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials to determine whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said. (Patrick Martin,McKenna Ewen/The Washington Post)

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The Republican response to reports of an investigation into Trump, annotated - Washington Post