Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe sent shockwaves across the nation earlier this week when he admitted during an interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes" to having discussed invoking the 25th Amendment in an effort to remove President Donald Trump from office.
A review of the transcripts of closed-door testimonies given to congressional investigators by former senior FBI officials helps to reveal what McCabe had told them.
McCabe's own congressional testimony reveals that, despite his focus on the 25th Amendment comments in his interviews with media, he never brought up the issue with congressional investigators.
According to comments in the Washington Post article relayed by one of those present at the meeting, the conversation between McCabe and Rosenstein was framed in an entirely different light, noting that Rosenstein responded with sarcasm to McCabe, saying, "What do you want to do, Andy, wire the president?" It was most likely Crowley who was being referenced.
McCabe: Discussion of the 25th Amendment was, was simply, Rod raised the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other Cabinet officials might support such an effort It was really something that he kind of threw out in a very frenzied, chaotic conversation about where we were and what we needed to do next.
Some media have suggested that FBI general counsel James Baker provided corroboration of McCabe's original version of events-that Rosenstein offered up the idea of wearing a wire to record the president and discussed invoking the 25th Amendment.
Baker, who indicated that McCabe had several conversations with Rosenstein, told investigators he didn't "Connect the 25th Amendment thing to the wire. Maybe it was my mistake mentally. I connected that more to the obstruction matter."
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-real-story-behind-mccabes-25th-amendment-comments_2810306.html
A review of the transcripts of closed-door testimonies given to congressional investigators by former senior FBI officials helps to reveal what McCabe had told them.
McCabe's own congressional testimony reveals that, despite his focus on the 25th Amendment comments in his interviews with media, he never brought up the issue with congressional investigators.
According to comments in the Washington Post article relayed by one of those present at the meeting, the conversation between McCabe and Rosenstein was framed in an entirely different light, noting that Rosenstein responded with sarcasm to McCabe, saying, "What do you want to do, Andy, wire the president?" It was most likely Crowley who was being referenced.
McCabe: Discussion of the 25th Amendment was, was simply, Rod raised the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other Cabinet officials might support such an effort It was really something that he kind of threw out in a very frenzied, chaotic conversation about where we were and what we needed to do next.
Some media have suggested that FBI general counsel James Baker provided corroboration of McCabe's original version of events-that Rosenstein offered up the idea of wearing a wire to record the president and discussed invoking the 25th Amendment.
Baker, who indicated that McCabe had several conversations with Rosenstein, told investigators he didn't "Connect the 25th Amendment thing to the wire. Maybe it was my mistake mentally. I connected that more to the obstruction matter."
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-real-story-behind-mccabes-25th-amendment-comments_2810306.html
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