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babylonsister

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Thu Feb 14, 2019, 03:12 PM Feb 2019

Justice Officials Discussed Pushing Trump Out of Office

I wish they'd gone with their first instincts.


https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/14/justice-officials-discussed-pushing-trump-out-of-office/
Justice Officials Discussed Pushing Trump Out of Office

February 14, 2019 at 10:38 am EST By Taegan Goddard


“Andrew McCabe, the former deputy F.B.I. director, said in an interview aired on Thursday that top Justice Department officials were so alarmed by President Trump’s decision in May 2017 to fire James Comey, the bureau’s director, that they discussed whether to recruit cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Mr. Trump from office,” the New York Times reports.

“The concerns about the president’s actions also prompted Mr. McCabe to order the bureau’s team investigating Russia’s election interference to expand their scope to also investigate whether Mr. Trump had obstructed justice by firing Mr. Comey. They also were to examine if he had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests.”

After the interview aired, Trump ripped McCabe on Twitter, calling him “a disgrace to the FBI and a disgrace to our Country.”
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