Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe "retired" today. According to reports, his departure was not voluntary, but rather forced by the FBI Director Wray. It came one day after Wray read the memo put together by the House Intelligence Committee on misdeeds at the FBI and other intelligence agencies in connection with the Trump campaign. It also came right after Wray got a draft report from the Inspector General regarding the same topic. There must be some really big smoking guns in those documents.
One would think that the media would be forced to cover this story. In fact, that is correct. I heard it on CBS News on the radio. But how did CBS cover the story? They trotted out "expert" Larry Sabato to talk about how President Trump had once again "stepped on his message". Sabato said that the story would take away from the coverage of the State of the Union speech and that Trump had blown it once again. Of course, Sabato never explained how an internal FBI action with which Trump had no involvement was somehow a Trump mistake. That's too much of a detail for an "expert" like Sabato. Remember, Sabato was assuring people even at 9:00 on election night in 2016 that Hillary had the election won. He's not much of an expert.
The truth is that McCabe's departure is way too late. This is a guy who was forced to recuse himself from the Clinton investigation, but who didn't bother to do that until after the investigation had come to a conclusion. That's not the way those things are supposed to work. Then there's McCabe's involvement in the "insurance policy" that Strzok and Page wanted to have to deal with the possibility of a Trump defeat of Hillary Clinton. The second in command at the FBI can't be involved in partisan hit squads. It's not just unethical, it may well be illegal.
All I can say about McCabe's departure is a hearty "Good riddance."
One would think that the media would be forced to cover this story. In fact, that is correct. I heard it on CBS News on the radio. But how did CBS cover the story? They trotted out "expert" Larry Sabato to talk about how President Trump had once again "stepped on his message". Sabato said that the story would take away from the coverage of the State of the Union speech and that Trump had blown it once again. Of course, Sabato never explained how an internal FBI action with which Trump had no involvement was somehow a Trump mistake. That's too much of a detail for an "expert" like Sabato. Remember, Sabato was assuring people even at 9:00 on election night in 2016 that Hillary had the election won. He's not much of an expert.
The truth is that McCabe's departure is way too late. This is a guy who was forced to recuse himself from the Clinton investigation, but who didn't bother to do that until after the investigation had come to a conclusion. That's not the way those things are supposed to work. Then there's McCabe's involvement in the "insurance policy" that Strzok and Page wanted to have to deal with the possibility of a Trump defeat of Hillary Clinton. The second in command at the FBI can't be involved in partisan hit squads. It's not just unethical, it may well be illegal.
All I can say about McCabe's departure is a hearty "Good riddance."
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