I’m not so sure the noose is tightening. These people all act like they haven’t a care in the world. You would think they would keep their heads down and shut up if they felt they were in jeopardy.
Disagree. When you are over the target, the more flak you receive. The cabal is becoming more publicly hostile and virulent because when the indictments come down, they will claim this is all political, i.e., Trump is using the power of the government to go after his enemies. The irony of it all.
Just reading McCabe's statement should give you a hint of what the cabal's tactics will be. Some excerpts:
"For the last year and a half, my family and I have been the targets of an unrelenting assault on our reputation and my service to this country. Articles too numerous to count have leveled every sort of false, defamatory and degrading allegation against us. The President's tweets have amplified and exacerbated it all. He called for my firing. He called for me to be stripped of my pension after more than 20 years of service. And all along we have said nothing, never wanting to distract from the mission of the FBI by addressing the lies told and repeated about us."
"But looking at that in isolation completely misses the big picture. The big picture is a tale of what can happen when law enforcement is politicized, public servants are attacked, and people who are supposed to cherish and protect our institutions become instruments for damaging those institutions and people."
"Here is the reality: I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey. The release of this report was accelerated only after my testimony to the House Intelligence Committee revealed that I would corroborate former Director Comey's accounts of his discussions with the President. The OIG's focus on me and this report became a part of an unprecedented effort by the Administration, driven by the President himself, to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and possibly strip me of a pension that I worked 21 years to earn. The accelerated release of the report, and the punitive actions taken in response, make sense only when viewed through this lens. Thursday's comments from the White House are just the latest example of this."
"This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally. It is part of this Administration's ongoing war on the FBI and the efforts of the Special Counsel investigation, which continue to this day. Their persistence in this campaign only highlights the importance of the Special Counsel's work."
The cabal will wrap themselves in the flag and attack Trump. Who knows what is really going on behind the scenes. I have no doubt that Trump is fully aware of what is in the IG report and so is probably the cabal informed by their toadies inside the FBI and DOJ. IMO there is already a grand jury operating. I fully expect a second special counsel to be named after the IG report is released.
The cabal will continue to squeal the loudest as the noose tightens. They know what is coming down the track and are trying to discredit it before the public learns of their perfidy. Look at the way the Dems and some Reps have rallied around McCabe. Rubio thought it was wrong to deny McCabe his pension. Graham wants to have hearings on why McCabe was fired. McCabe is the victim according to the Dems and MSM who portray the firing as being the work of Trump rather than the FBI's internal affairs office.
You can expect the voices of the cabal to get louder and more hysterical. Look for a full court press from the Obama administration and the MSM.