Monday, Mar. 19, 2018

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 19 March 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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President Trump called the firing of Andrew G. McCabe, the deputy F.B.I. director, a “great day for democracy.” Mr. McCabe says it’s further evidence of the president’s efforts to undermine the Russia investigation. What really happened? Guest: Matt Apuzzo, a New York Times reporter in Washington. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Lormarrow.
0:02.5	This is The Daily.
0:04.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:08.4	Today, President Trump calls the firing of Andrew McCabe
0:13.6	a great day for democracy.
0:16.3	Andrew McCabe says it's further evidence
0:19.8	of the president's efforts to undermine the Russia investigation.
0:24.4	What really happened to the deputy director of the FBI?
0:29.7	It's Monday, March 19th.
0:34.5	Matt, take us back to the tweet that President Trump sent about Andrew McCabe way back in December.
0:42.0	What did that tweet say?
0:43.6	The tweet said...
0:45.1	FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits 90 days to go.
0:51.4	Question mark three exclamation points.
0:53.6	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:55.4	Matt Apuzzo covers national security for the times.
0:58.4	What was that tweet supposed to mean?
1:01.3	The news had just broken that Andrew McCabe intended to retire as soon as he was eligible in March.
1:07.1	So he had 90 days to go.
1:08.8	And obviously when he got to that mark, he would be eligible for his full pension and his full benefits.
1:14.0	I have to say here, Donald Trump tweeted very clearly that he was angry that McCabe was being allowed to retire with full benefits.
1:20.5	He sees that as some sort of injustice, right?
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