McCabe - Re Nunes' presence at the Gang of 8 briefing on the Russia investigation

[kpete]

Re Nunes' presence at the Gang of 8 briefing on the Russia investigation, McCabe says in the book: "I looked at Rod (Rosenstein). Rod said, At the end of the day it's his recusal. it's his choice, I can't enforce it. We can't kick him out of the room."


We had to cut this for length, but McCabe told me that his guess is that the White House "immediately knew the steps I took after Jim got fired, and the cases I opened" because of Nunes. "When I was surprised to see Nunes at the briefing, I knew it would happen very quickly."


And here is what McCabe says about this in the book: "Now that the Gang of Eight was a crowd of two dozen in the room, I thought, the chance of this not getting back to the president was basically zero. Then Devin Nunes walked in, and the chance was less than zero."

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[dalton99a]

1. Nunes works for Trump.

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. And they both work for Putin.

[dalton99a]

3. Yep. It's fair to assume Nunes has Trump's cell number

[lagomorph777]

13. And they will have the same cell number at Gitmo.

[cstanleytech]

35. Would not surprise me in the least but the question is why is Nunes doing it? The two most likely

reasons are blackmail or money.

[Mike Niendorff]

4. HUGE story.

K&R for visibility.


MDN

[OliverQ]

5. Wonder if McCabe going public with this is a detriment to Mueller.

[machoneman]

12. No! McCabe must have gotten permission personally from Mueller to say this.

This is just one example of how Mueller is ensuring all the facts come out in advance of his final report now headed for Barr's office. He's set the stage to get us, the electorate and anyone who gives a damn all the details, links, connections, etc. even if Barr and Trump refuse to allow the final FBI report out even to Congress, let alone the public.

Keep in mind too all the indictments so far carry tons of details, all carefully crafted to minimize the loss of any facts if the final rpeort is delayed, altered, blocked, whatever.

Smart, indeed!

[Grasswire2]

23. yes, McCabe's book was also vetted by FBI before publishing..nt

[happybird]

24. Very smart.

The TV criminal drama lover in me can't help but wonder if these statements are a way of drawing a specific target out, pushing their buttons and forcing them to make an indictable mistake. Surely not everyone involved on Dump's side was a complete mouth-breathing moron. There has to be a few who covered their ass well.

[uponit7771]

25. What is your evidence that he got permission from Mueller? I do agree that Mueller may be playing

... his own counter social program with information seeing how much the Russians have infiltrated the RussiaPublican party

[subana]

36. good point!

I hadn't even thought of that yet!! Very smart! So even if the report is hidden or if they try to end the investigation, they won't be able to hide info that has already been reported in the press!

Good strategy!

[notdarkyet]

16. Or a payback to trump for stealing his retirement.

[a kennedy]

19. That was a really bullshit move firing him right befor his retirement.

[notdarkyet]

20. One day. Trumps mean and nasty

[True Blue American]

22. So is Jeff Sessions

And look where he is! Fired,too.

[TexasBushwhacker]

28. And he gave up his Senate seat

I bet he's kicking himself now, or shopping a book deal.

[True Blue American]

29. I would not pay

5 cents for a book from Sessions. He is as dirty as Trump.

[DemocracyMouse]

37. McConnell's only virtue is an artificially lowered voice engineered to impress idiots

[True Blue American]

38. Mitch has a vitrue?

[True Blue American]

39. The worst

Shows how sleazy Sessions is. He could have held off 24 hours, but had to appease Trump.

But Karma has a way of catching up. Trumps is past due.

[Turbineguy]

6. Nunes is still young enough

to enjoy prison.

[dalton99a]

7. +1

[mitch96]

10. Bubba is gonna like himmmmmm....nt

[uponit7771]

27. +1

[MFGsunny]

8. K & R ... + 1,000,000 for visibility. Let THAT sink in:: Nunes was IN THE ROOM! n/t

[MelissaB]

9. K&R

[UTUSN]

11. K&R

[NoMoreRepugs]

14. IMO Nunes might get the Medal of Freedom from tRumpy

for being such a patriot in our current BizzaroWorld.

[BSdetect]

15. Such revelations don't constitute solid evidence but really how much more will there be?

[kpete]

18. Ex-FBI official Frank Figliuzzi: I worked alongside McCabe at the FBI. Don't ignore his warnings

Ex-FBI official Frank Figliuzzi: I worked alongside McCabe at the FBI. Don't ignore his warnings about Trump.


"FBI agents are trained to identify and mitigate threats, and it's clear that ... McCabe was worried about a potential national security threat."

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[calimary]

17. Yep. Spy for the White House.

[gratuitous]

21. It's so very strange

Everyone who knows the procedures for proper governance keep getting fired, while the folks who don't have a clue and are running around willy-nilly violating proper procedure and ethical conduct keep on and on.

Though it would be really nice if just a few of those people who know how things are supposed to work would speak up while they're in a position to do something about it, rather than waiting for their book tour.

[Pepsidog]

26. Nunes, Jordan, Mccarthy are filth. As bad if not worse than Trump.

[True Blue American]

30. Do not forget Ryan, and Chaffetz

[Scurrilous]

31. K&R

[LuckyLib]

32. So this is why the members came out of the meeting

looking like they’d seen a ghost. But nobody was talking specifics. Nunes, however, ran right for the White House.

[Amaryllis]

33. ANd we are all so shocked.

[machoneman]

34. Does the bear shit in the woods? Is the Pope Catholic? Gimme....

a fuckin' break!

[bluestarone]

40. KICK

Mueller surely has this bastards number!!!!!! So much good news to come, that we ALL will be doing backflips!!!!!