{"id":116425,"date":"2019-02-14T14:17:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T18:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=116425"},"modified":"2019-02-14T14:34:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T18:34:26","slug":"blockbuster-swamp-creatures-turning-on-each-other-fbi-leadership-discussed-overthrowing-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=116425","title":{"rendered":"BLOCKBUSTER COUP DETAILS: Swamp Creatures Turning on Each Other, FBI Leadership Discussed Overthrowing Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/maxresdefault-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-116431\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/maxresdefault-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/maxresdefault-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/maxresdefault-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/maxresdefault-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/maxresdefault-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>McCabe: There were 25th Amendment discussions at DOJ to remove Trump from office<\/h1>\n<p>Dylan Stableford, Senior Editor,Yahoo News<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"16\">Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe says that after President Trump fired his boss, FBI Director James Comey, there were discussions within the Department of Justice about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"17\">Last year,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/09\/21\/us\/politics\/rod-rosenstein-wear-wire-25th-amendment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the New York Times reported<\/a>\u00a0that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"18\">McCabe confirmed the report in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/andrew-mccabe-says-he-ordered-the-obstruction-of-justice-case-of-president-trump-60-minutes\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=63591976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a new interview with \u201c60 Minutes\u201d host Scott Pelley<\/a>, who relayed what McCabe told him on \u201cCBS This Morning\u201d Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"19\">\u201cThere were meetings at the Justice Department at which it was discussed whether the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet could be brought together to remove the president of the United States under the 25th Amendment,\u201d Pelley said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"20\">In a statement released by the Justice Department, Rosenstein said McCabe\u2019s account of a discussion of invoking the 25th amendment was \u201cinaccurate and factually incorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"21\">Trump responded in a pair of tweets later Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disgraced FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe pretends to be a \u201cpoor little Angel\u201d when in fact he was a big part of the Crooked Hillary Scandal &amp; the Russia Hoax &#8211; a puppet for Leakin\u2019 James Comey. I.G. report on McCabe was devastating. Part of \u201cinsurance policy\u201d in case I won&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1096056426533998594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;.Many of the top FBI brass were fired, forced to leave, or left. McCabe\u2019s wife received BIG DOLLARS from Clinton people for her campaign &#8211; he gave Hillary a pass. McCabe is a disgrace to the FBI and a disgrace to our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1096060280839307267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"21\">The discussions occurred between the time of Comey\u2019s firing in May of 2017 and the appointment eight days later of special counsel Robert Mueller to oversee the FBI\u2019s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"canvas-tweet canvas-atom Ov(a) W(100%)\" data-type=\"tweet\" data-reactid=\"22\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1096056426533998594\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"27\">According to the Times, Rosenstein also suggested that he secretly record Trump in the White House. Rosenstein disputed the account, and a Justice Department official said he made the remark sarcastically. But McCabe told Pelley that Rosenstein\u2019s offer to wear a wire was made more than once and that he ultimately took it to the lawyers at the FBI to discuss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"28\">McCabe, who was named acting director of the bureau after Comey\u2019s firing, launched obstruction of justice and counterintelligence investigations into whether Trump obstructed justice by firing Comey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"29\">He told Pelley he did so in order to preserve the FBI\u2019s Russian probe in case there was an effort by Trump to terminate it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"30\">\u201cI was very concerned that I was able to put the Russia case on absolutely solid ground, in an indelible fashion,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSThisMorning\/status\/1096020552022720518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">McCabe said<\/a>. \u201cThat were I removed quickly, or reassigned or fired, that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_116428\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/64dd3690f91838b0b0bdd5adc4b2c438.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116428\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116428\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/64dd3690f91838b0b0bdd5adc4b2c438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/64dd3690f91838b0b0bdd5adc4b2c438.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/64dd3690f91838b0b0bdd5adc4b2c438-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/64dd3690f91838b0b0bdd5adc4b2c438-768x413.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-116428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe and President Trump. (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News; photos; Alex Wong\/Getty Images, AP)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"42\">McCabe\u2019s comments come ahead of the release of his new book, \u201cThe Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump,\u201d due out next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"43\">In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2019\/02\/andrew-mccabe-fbi-book-excerpt-the-threat\/582748\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an excerpt of the book published Thursday in the Atlantic<\/a>, McCabe describes a phone call he received from Trump on his first full day on the job as acting director of the FBI. According to McCabe, Trump told him that he had \u201chundreds of messages from FBI people [saying] how happy they are that I fired [Comey].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"44\">\u201cYou know \u2014 boy, it\u2019s incredible, it\u2019s such a great thing, people are really happy about the fact that the director\u2019s gone, and it\u2019s just remarkable what people are saying,\u201d Trump said, according to McCabe. \u201cHave you seen that? Are you seeing that, too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"45\">McCabe was eventually fired in March 2018, less than two days before he would have collected a full early pension for his FBI career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"46\">\u201cAndrew McCabe FIRED,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/974859881827258369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump tweeted on the day of McCabe\u2019s dismissal<\/a>. \u201cA great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI \u2013 A great day for Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"47\">Trump has since railed against McCabe dozens of times on Twitter. \u201cHe LIED! LIED! LIED! McCabe was totally controlled by Comey \u2013 McCabe is Comey!\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/984877999718895616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he exclaimed last April<\/a>. \u201cNo collusion, all made up by this den of thieves and lowlifes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"47\">___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/mccabe-25th-amendment-discussions-doj-remove-trump-office-140646145.html\">https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/mccabe-25th-amendment-discussions-doj-remove-trump-office-140646145.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}