Welcome to Talking Feds Now, a special breaking news episode of Talking Feds, a prosecutor's

roundtable that brings together some of the best-known former Department of Justice officials

for a dynamic discussion of the most important legal topics of the day.

And today, Friday the 13th at the Department of Justice, we have the breaking news that,

well, we're not exactly sure that there is a big question mark at best, looming over

the proposed indictment and prosecution of Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the

FBI, who has famously been vilified by the President of the United States in a series

of tweets that have accused him of everything from being a liar to committing treason.

We're going to be talking about what has happened in the McCabe prosecution, which right now

looks to be an embarrassing debacle within the department and what might be happening next.

I'm Harry Littman, I'm a former United States attorney and deputy assistant attorney general,

and also a Washington Post columnist, and I'm joined today by three veteran cracker jack

prosecutors who have vantage points onto exactly what's happening in this unusual situation.

First, we have Glenn Kirschner, a longtime assistant US attorney in the very office where

McCabe's prosecution is pending the district of Columbia.

Glenn, welcome.

Hey, how are you?

I'm good.

Do you know the prosecutors who have been reported to be involved in the McCabe case?

I do.

It was a prosecutor formerly on the case.

His name is David Kent.

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