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Per McCabe, Trump "ordered" Rosenstein to write memo justifying Comey firing.
McCabe: Rosenstein wrote Comey memo under duress
The White House directed the firing of former FBI Director James Comey in a manner that left Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein "shaken" over his role in Comey's ouster, according to a new book.
In "The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump," former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe writes that Rosenstein was deeply uncomfortable over Comey's firing and told him at the time that the move "wasn't his idea," according to excerpts obtained by The Guardian.
“He said it wasn’t his idea. The president had ordered him to write the memo justifying the firing,” McCabe writes.
“There’s no one here that I can trust,” he quotes Rosenstein as saying, according to The Guardian.
More: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/429149-mccabe-rosenstein-wrote-comey-memo-under-duress
The White House directed the firing of former FBI Director James Comey in a manner that left Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein "shaken" over his role in Comey's ouster, according to a new book.
In "The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump," former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe writes that Rosenstein was deeply uncomfortable over Comey's firing and told him at the time that the move "wasn't his idea," according to excerpts obtained by The Guardian.
“He said it wasn’t his idea. The president had ordered him to write the memo justifying the firing,” McCabe writes.
“There’s no one here that I can trust,” he quotes Rosenstein as saying, according to The Guardian.
More: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/429149-mccabe-rosenstein-wrote-comey-memo-under-duress
