The Report Part VIII: End Of The Beginning
Lawfare Presents: The Aftermath
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🗓️ 20 September 2019
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Summary
It’s May 12, 2017. The FBI is still reeling from the sudden firing of Director James Comey. Andrew McCabe has only been the acting Director for 3 days. He’s trying to talk to Rod Rosenstein about the issue weighing on his mind: how are they going to protect the Russia investigation? The FBI is already investigating whether the president has tried to interfere with that inquiry. But the Deputy Attorney General is distracted and upset; he can’t believe the White House is making it look as if firing Comey were his idea. He says “There’s no one I can talk to. There’s no one here I can trust.”
McCabe urges Rosenstein to appoint a special counsel. The credibility of the FBI and DOJ are on the line; without a special counsel a firestorm threatens to destroy the nation’s storied law enforcement institutions.
It’s five days later—Wednesday, May 17—when McCabe sits beside Rosenstein in the basement of the United States Capitol where they’ve assembled the Gang of Eight. Then Rosenstein announces that he’s made a decision. He’s appointed a special counsel to oversee the Russia investigation and the new inquiry into the president: Robert S. Mueller III.
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| 0:42.0 | It's May 12, 2017. |
| 0:45.0 | The FBI is still reeling from the sudden firing of Director Jim Comey. |
| 0:50.0 | Andrew McCabe has only been the acting director for three days. |
| 0:55.0 | He's trying to talk to Rod Rosenstein about the issue weighing on his mind. |
| 0:59.0 | How are they going to protect the Russia investigation? |
| 1:03.0 | The FBI is already investigating whether the president has tried to interfere with that inquiry. |
| 1:09.0 | But the Deputy Attorney General is distracted and upset. |
| 1:13.0 | He can't believe the White House is making it look as if firing Comey were his idea. |
| 1:18.0 | He says, there's no one I can talk to. |
| 1:21.0 | There's no one here I can trust. |
| 1:24.0 | I can't describe to you accurately enough the pressure and the chaos that Rod and I were trying to operate under at that time. |
| 1:35.0 | It was incredibly turbulent and incredibly stressful, and it was clear to me that that stress was impacting the Deputy Attorney General. |
| 1:44.0 | McCabe urges Rosenstein to appoint a special counsel. |
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