Panic in the henhouse

McCabe details central role in Russia probes, DOJ meetings on whether to oust president

When Comey was fired McCabe freaked and launched an investigation into whether Trump was obstructing justice and acting as a Russian agent.

Yes, of course he was obstructing justice and trying to sabotage the investigation.

That's why all these guys freaked.

And McCabe now says he and Rosenstein and others had meetings - two, I think, and both on the same day - and tried to figure out who in the Cabinet would be for and who against invoking the 25th amendment to get rid of Trump.

This does no more than confirm old news.

Except that Rosenstein's earlier denials that he now is repeating seem less credible than they did when this story first emerged.

There is not now and was not at any time since the election any case for invoking the 25th, anyway.

And there is not now and has never been any shred of credibility that the cabinet or the enough people in the Congress would support it.

[CBS News’ Scott] Pelley detailed other portions of his sit-down with McCabe on CBS' "This Morning.” 

Pelley said McCabe described meetings at the Justice Department after Comey's firing to discuss “whether the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet could be brought together to remove the president under the 25th Amendment.”

In September, Fox News reported details about a meeting on May 16, 2017 at Justice Department headquarters, where the same topic was discussed. 

Sources told Fox News that McCabe, former FBI counsel Lisa Page, and Rosenstein, who was tasked with oversight of the Russia investigation after Sessions’ recusal, were in the room.

Rosenstein reportedly told McCabe that he might be able to persuade Sessions and then-Homeland Security Secretary and now-former chief of staff John Kelly to begin proceedings to invoke the 25th Amendment. Rosenstein adamantly denied the claims at the time.

Andrew McCabe: FBI Gamed Out How To Remove Trump Under 25th Amendment

McCabe stood firm that the discussions of Rod Rosenstein wearing a wire to the White House were not a joke, that it came up more than once, and he took it to FBI lawyers to discuss it.