McCabe: Trump wants to destroy me to stop Mueller probe

NBC News ^ | 16 Mar 18 | Gregg Birnbaum

[SkyPilot]

Former top FBI official Andrew McCabe, who was fired late Friday night by Attorney General Jeff Sessions two days before becoming eligible for full pension benefits, said in an extraordinary statement that he was targeted because President Donald Trump wants to destroy him as part of his "war" against special counsel Robert Mueller.

"This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement and intelligence professionals more generally," McCabe said in a statement released shortly after Sessions announced his decision. "It is part of this administration's ongoing war on the FBI and the efforts of the special counsel investigation, which continue to this day. Their persistence in this campaign only highlights the importance of the special counsel's work."

The statement was the first time McCabe had spoken candidly of his anger at the Trump White House. In it, he painted a remarkable picture of an administration that tried to politicize its principal law enforcement arm, the FBI, and discredit several of the bureau's longtime leaders, all in an effort to escape scrutiny of Trump by the special counsel.

McCabe noted in his statement that he had knowledge that could be useful to Mueller's investigation into events involving the president.

"Here is the reality: I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of (FBI director) James Comey," McCabe said.

Trump's dismissal of Comey and events surrounding it are reported to be a key aspect of Mueller's investigation into the president.

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[tennmountainman]

Good ideas.
Let McCabe hire lawyers, lose his house to pay for them and have his
life destroyed like Flynn’s life has been taken from him.

[MAGAthon]

much more interesting:

16 Mar: Breitbart: Text Messages: FBI Agent Peter Strzok Was Friends with Judge Presiding Over Michael Flynn Case
by Kristina Wong
Strzok and Page had served on the Clinton email investigation, the FBI’s initial investigation into the Trump campaign, and the subsequent special counsel team. In text messages throughout that time, they expressed loathing of Trump and support for Clinton.

Contreras presided over Flynn’s Dec. 1, 2017 hearing in which the former national security adviser pleaded guilty. He was abruptly recused from the case days later, on Dec. 7, 2017, without any public explanation. The new judge, Emmet Sullivan, requested that the special counsel provide any evidence that would be favorable to Flynn’s case.

Some legal experts pointed out it was standard operating procedure for Sullivan, but lawyer Margot Cleveland said he also entered a footnote with the order that explained why evidence favorable to Flynn, even after a guilty plea, could be a basis for throwing out the plea...
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/16/text-messages-fbi-agent-peter-strzok-was-friends-with-judge-presiding-over-michael-flynn-case/

16 Mar: Townhall: Matt Vespa: Oh My: New Texts Between Disgraced FBI Agent And Mistress Possibly Show Attempt To Collude With FISA Judge
It’s all part of a long saga of impropriety and unethical behavior concerning top officials at the FBI...
So, the FBI has a huge mess to clean up, though some are rightfully asking what the heck are Strzok and Page still doing at the FBI? ...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/03/16/oh-my-new-texts-between-disgraced-fbi-agent-and-mistress-possibly-show-collusion-n2461694

16 Mar: National Review: Strzok and Page Plotted Covert Meeting with Presiding Judge in Michael Flynn Case
By Jack Crowe
The new revelations will likely bolster Republican calls for a special prosecutor to investigate potential bias in the Department of Justice.
“They cannot be counted on to investigate themselves,” Grassley told The Federalist in an interview. “If you do something wrong, you don’t have the fox guard the chicken house.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/peter-strzok-lisa-page-meeting-michael-flynn-judge/

[Stingray51]

The insane thing is that Mark Felt was Deep Throat. So the #2 guy at the FBI was the source for Woodward & Bernstein.

[moehoward]

McCabe’s statement is verbatim the standard Left talking point that has been repeated for weeks now. Hearing it come from someone so demonstrably guilty as McCabe is pathetic.

[a fool in paradise]

Yep. And Richard Nixon testified on his behalf.

[Terry Mross]

You’d think if he has dirt on Trump he good get better mileage by offering to keep his mouth shut. Now, no matter what he says, his credibility is shot .... sour grapes.

[Pravious]

McCabe is soooooo pi****. His little speech....his true colors are coming through loud and clear.

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Yep. If they wanted to pretend that McCabe wasn’t a partisan, anti-Trump zealot, coming out and making a partisan, anti-Trump rant wasn’t exactly the bright way to go about it.

The RATS just can’t help themselves, though.

So... now that we’re through celebrating that one (count ‘em!) of these SCUMBAGS at least got fired (which evidently doesn’t cause him to lose his pension, or much else really since he was due to retire in 48 hours) when do we start seeing their corrupt, evil asses thrown in jail? Oh, wait... our “brilliant” Attorney General is working in that in secret (VERY secret, since not even the President seems to know about it) and any moment now we’ll see Hillary, Obama and their minions led off in ‘cuffs.

[Robert DeLong]

Yep, well aware of all that, thanks. 8>)

[Thumper1960]

As to whether or not POTUS truly knows what Sessions is doing, or not doing, is speculation. Perhaps Gen. Kelly gave POTUS lessons on opsec. IF this continues to drag on another 6 months to a year, it will be at that time prudent to demand Sessions be given a rocking chair at Lazy Acres.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Oh jeeze. You still think pizzagate is not a hoax? Even after that dude invaded Comet Ping Pong with a rifle, looking for pedophiles in the basement? Even though there was no basement lol?

It was a hoax promoted by Alex Jones and Mike Cernovich, debunked 8 ways to hell. Fake. Phoney. There is no pizzagate. It is entirely made up bs.

Let me guess: you’re one of the Q-ooks, huh. If so, enjoy your dungeons and dragons. But please keep it off the other threads.

[SkyPilot]

These kinds of FBI operations were known as “black bag jobs.” The break-ins occurred at five addresses in New York and New Jersey,

It figures that FBI Deep State agent Mark Felt was guilty of worse crimes than what he feigned so much outrage to the MSM regarding Watergate.

[SkyPilot]

What’s telling about the FIB is how rabid they have been in pursuing all leads against Trump and planting news in the press while doing everything in their power to cut Hitlery Rotten Clinton slack including finding her ‘not guilty’ before questioning, then not taking notes while questioning her. Lies, what are those? Oh, the FBI can lie?

Former US Attorney, Washington power lawyer, and great legal mind Joe DiGenova is livid at what these ba$stards have done to the FBI. DiGenova worked with the FBI for decades, doing great work. He says that what these cronies have done to the agency is criminal. The FBI, in its current form, may not survive.

[Midwesterner53]

McCabe never learned the number one lesson in politics: If you attack the King, you better kill the King because if you don’t, he will surely kill you. See ya McCabe.

[boomop1]

Hey you pitiful treasonous bastard, everyone on the left HATES the Don, the media is crying for you, screw you and all of your Don hating Media. More to come as the swamp drains, Brennan, Clapper a never ending list of traitors..

[SkyPilot]

When McCabe’s “retirement” was announced a few months ago, didn’t he say something like he would “burn this place down” if he lost his pension?

I could not find that statement. If you can, please post it. I think McCabe's current "threat" is pretty hollow. All he can do at this point is whine about everyone being mean to poor Mueller.

[SkyPilot]

More importantly, the FBIs own, Office of Professional Responsibility, the FBI’s version of Internal Affairs, recommends that you be fired for, among other things, not being forthcoming-authorizing leaks-supervising the leaking of confidential information. And that is just what we know about.

Bingo. The FBI's own finding recommended he be fired. McCabe can now appeal the decision, and so everyone knows, losing his entire pension is NOT yet been decided. If he does, McCabe can appeal within the DOJ, and then appeal Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). But they are crappy agency. During the Obama reign of terror, Federal employees who were wrong appealed to them, and the MSPB rubber stamped whatever Obama wanted. Basically, they are useless bureaucrats. I would not put too much hope in them if I were McCabe.

[jjotto]

It was a anonymous source to TruePundit. The quote was “torch the FBI”. Blogger credibility speaks for itself.

[Liz]

Solution For McCabe File a lawsuit. Take the administration to court. Open up the discovery process for the defense so
the entire nation can find out what a slimy bastard you really are! And who would the star witness be?
Why, none other than His Holiness Barack Hussein Obama The Great.

Man, just the thought of that happening made my frickin' day.

"Face it, McCabe, discovery is a *itch. But you'd have The Right Rev Obama to vouch for you....ROTFLOL."

[Liz]

Or put another way....”He who would unsheath his sword against the King, had better discard his scabbard.”