Scorpions in a bottle: 60 Minutes shows a devouring McCabe-Rosenstein feud

American Thinker ^ | 02/18/2019 | Monica Showalter

[SeekAndFind]

Sometimes, things just all seem to come together. In his 60 Minutes interview, fired former FBI acting director Andrew McCabe threw a ton of shade on Justice Department operative Rod Rosenstein, effectively saying that yes, there was a Deep State coup attempt against President Trump, but Rosenstein Did It. It was all his fault.

In the absence of any smoking gun against President Trump from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, that suggests President Trump's deep state opponents are now turning on each other.

I mentioned that a few days ago here, and it's even more obvious in Technicolor in the 60 Minutes report from this CBS transcript here:

Scott Pelley: Are you saying that the president is in league with the Russians?

Andrew McCabe: I'm saying that the FBI had reason to investigate that. Right, to investigate the existence of an investigation doesn't mean someone is guilty. I would say, Scott, if we failed to open an investigation under those circumstances, we wouldn't be doing our jobs.

Scott Pelley: When you decided to launch these two investigations, was the deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, onboard with that.

Andrew McCabe: Absolutely.

Rod Rosenstein has spent 28 years at the Department of Justice. A Republican, he was appointed by President Trump as deputy attorney general, number two at the department. Mr. Trump's firing of James Comey on May 9, 2017 set off a week of crisis meetings between Rosenstein, who was in charge of the Russia investigation and acting FBI director Andrew McCabe.  

[SeekAndFind]

The news show's chief interviewer, Scott Pelley, didn't zero in on that McCabe-Rosenstein feud angle as strongly as he should have. Pelley did broadcast Rosenstein's Justice Department's denial of the entire dual-point charge of both invoking the 25th Amendment regarding presidential removal for incapacitation as well as Rosenstein offering to wear a wire to get something on Trump, all of which pretty much evaded and begged the entire question about whether he was the one leading the coup.

[HighSierra5]

Actually they’re a couple of worms.

[Pikachu_Dad]

How could he be ‘obstructing justice’ if he was repeatedly told he was not under investigation?

[yesthatjallen]

Prisoner's dilemma

[Vince Ferrer]

It has been glacially slow, much slower than we wanted, but as of RR’s departure, I don’t think there are any coup planners left at the FBI or DOJ. Mueller is still there, but he can’t go against his new bosses, so he will probably wrap it up soon. After that, we can prosecute the guilty and purge the two agencies.

[wetgundog]

Hope they sting each other to Death. Traitor Scum, both of them.

[wjcsux]

I love it when the left eats their own.

[DIRTYSECRET]

An Irish Catholic and a Jew fighting?

[mozarky2]

An older mentor of mine once told me, “There ain’t no winners in a gut-spillin’ contest”.

[allendale]

Imagine if Pelley had asked McCabe: Did the FBI investigate the origins of the dossier that prompted the Trump investigation? McCabe of course would refuse to answer but the look on his face would have been priceless. Eventually someone in the MSM will ask that question.

[DoodleBob]

I am surprised nobody posted this sooner..

[Robert DeLong]

I never actually considered taking him up on the offer. I did discuss it with my general counsel and my leadership team back at the FBI after he brought it up the first time.

He kind of contradicted himself there. If he never seriously considered it why would he consult with his leadership team?

[laplata]

Did Pelley even suggest that it was a coup?

[Steely Tom]

It’s worth noting that McCabe’s statements (given above) were gently but unequivally disputed by Rosenstein, who stated that his “recitation” on 60 Minutes was “inaccurate and factually incorrect.”

This statement was given in the form of an official response from the Department of Justice last Thursday, February 14th.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

#11. What’s this? A just got out of jail reunion photo?

I recognize Bruce Willis, second from the Left, and that might be Joe Pesci in the middle, but what are the other three? Didn’t age well, did they?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

#8. Who’s the Irish Catholic? McCabe sounds like an old Scottish name to me.

However, have you heard the new joke about a Scotsman and a Jew who walked into a Barr?

Coming to DOJ theaters and grand juries very soon.

[Spok]

60 Minutes is coming close to flirting with the truth. I’ sure it will pass .

[Jeff Chandler]

READ THIS PART

Andrew McCabe: We talked about why the president had insisted on firing the director and whether or not he was thinking about the Russia investigation and did that impact his decision. And in the context of that conversation, the deputy attorney general offered to wear a wire into the White House. He said, "I never get searched when I go into the White House. I could easily wear a recording device. They wouldn't know it was there." Now, he was not joking. He was absolutely serious. And in fact, he brought it up in the next meeting we had. I never actually considered taking him up on the offer. I did discuss it with my general counsel and my leadership team back at the FBI after he brought it up the first time.

[DoodleBob]

Close..Scorpions - live.

[atc23]

Anyone who believes that Rosenstein didn’t wear a wire in an Oval Office meeting with the president- raise your hand