Several senior members of Congress called for investigations Monday into how President Donald Trump's intervention on behalf of a Navy SEAL at the center of a war crimes case may have influenced the firing of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, the circumstances of which remain unclear.

Multiple – and at times conflicting – narratives have emerged since Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Sunday that he had fired the embattled Navy leader, who indicated in a letter that the president issued an unlawful order.

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