McCabe Fired, Trump Escalates Attacks On Mueller

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🗓️ 19 March 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Over the last few days, President Trump has escalated his attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller, the FBI and the Department of Justice. His personal attorney, John Dowd, called for an end to the Russia investigation. And late Friday night, Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe for "lack of candor," two days before he was set to retire with a full pension. This episode: host/White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Scott Detrow and justice correspondent Carrie Johnson. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hi guys, this is Jill, calling from Dublin, Ireland on St Patrick's Day.
0:04.1	This podcast was recorded at...
0:05.8	110 Eastern on Monday, March 19th.
0:08.4	Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
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0:18.4	Law, Aila, Podrick, Fuyvash, Adiv.
0:20.6	Happy St Patrick's Day.
0:22.4	All right, here's the show.
0:23.9	That is a great Irish accent.
0:25.5	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:31.4	Here today to talk about events hovering in and around Robert Mueller's investigation.
0:36.6	What happened this weekend?
0:37.6	Well, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was fired.
0:41.5	McCabe had been a long time Twitter target of President Trump.
0:45.0	Now, he's out of a job just a few days shy of a key milestone.
0:49.0	And as that played out, Trump got a lot more vocal and specific
0:53.2	in his Twitter criticisms of the Mueller probe.
0:56.1	What matters, what doesn't, and what could come next, we will get into it.
1:00.0	I'm Scott Detreau, I cover Congress for NPR.
1:02.2	I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House.
1:03.8	And I'm Carrie Johnson, I cover the Justice Department.
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