Posted on 02/16/2019 9:34:38 PM PST by blam
Ever wonder why people hate lawyers? Consider Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosensteins non-denial denial of his participation in discussions of an attempted coup against the duly elected president of the United States.
The story is being given a second life thanks to the hype surrounding the rollout of a new book by Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI.
McCabe, of course, was fired after an inspector general investigation found that he leaked investigative information and then lied about it. He has been referred to the Justice Department for consideration of a false-statements prosecution.
There is no doubt that, when he was acting FBI director after President Trumps May 2017 firing of Director James Comey, McCabe huddled with Rosenstein to mull over options for removing the president from office.
But we have known this for six months ever since The New York Times published its bombshell report. Indeed, at the time, I wrote a column about it for National Review titled Rod Rosensteins Resistance weasel words, weasel moves from an emotionally overwrought deputy AG eager to ingratiate himself with Democrats.
There are really no new revelations in this weeks breathless reporting. The story is a retread, trotted out again because CBS is hoping to generate ratings for its 60 Minutes interview of McCabe on Sunday night, the launch of the McCabe book tour.
There has been a good deal of commentary this week about whether McCabe and Rosenstein were seriously brainstorming about a coup attempt; or whether, instead, discussions about invoking the 25th Amendment and possibly wiring up against the president (i.e., covertly recording him) were just graveyard humor. The truth is somewhere in the middle: The conversation was no joke, but the idea was lunacy.
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The chances of finding men (or women) of honor in government is less than two percent. The government is close to completely corrupt at all levels. The lower levels see what is going on at by their highers and they learn that being corrupt is the way to get ahead.
It's beyond repair.
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