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Could be. The day before the SOTU would just be perfect for starting a constitutional crisis, Trump may think. Uff da!
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)believe so.
Joe will need to re-write his speech. I am so looking forward to it.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)I thought I had read about this coming like a month ago...
unblock
(52,253 posts)now he announced that he's stepping down from his post and on leave until he can retire with full benefits.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Watch for stuff.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fbi-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe-stepping-down-n842176
"McCabe will remain on the FBI payroll until he is eligible to retire with full benefits in mid-March, the sources said
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Something is happening and it is not good.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Link to tweet
If he were hanging around to cash out terminal leave, why the rush to get him out of the building?
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)What's next, one wonders?
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)This is just batshit crazy.
I cashed in two months of terminal leave myself from a quasi-government job and there was no drama like this. I just stopped coming in one day and my end date was two months later. There was no back and forth or deadline to leave the building.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)FORCED out people!
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)Likely also all clearances and can't communicate with other FBI personnel as well.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Just like you or I would do. Timing is pure coincidence.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)STOU may be the moment of Trump's grand Constitutional Crises, or Mueller unseals the indictments before Trump burns the place down.
Would be handy to arrest them all while they're gathered in one place for Trump's speech.
Ok, that's a fantasy but a SOTU mass perp walk sure would be nice & it would be televised around the globe.
However, and I'm not sure of this, but
without McCabe, does that open the door to firing Rosenstein? Didn't he stand in the way when Trump wanted to fire Rosenstein & Mueller?
Hope McCabe already met with Mueller.
Ok this resignation is significant but we'll have to find out more details ..
It's gettin icky!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210157185
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)He was "forced out".
That's the unsettling point in this story
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)Forcing him out could solidify obstruction investigation findings if he is being "forced out".
I'm also inclined to believe this is a distraction if the force out is true.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)His wife and McAuliffe and all that?
Is he directly involved with TrumpRussiaGate investigation back when it was part of FBI?
He wasn't the one 'protecting' Rosenstein was he? Wasn't that Wray?
davekriss
(4,618 posts)Why anyone thinks this neo-fascist regime would respect the rule of law and allow their crimes to be revealed, is beyond me. I wish it weren't so, but I don't have high faith that justice will be had.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Rosenstein will be next, then Mueller.
It could happen this week.
Get ready to march people, its all we got against the Russian coup by Trump and the republican party coming down the tracks like a freight train!
bluestarone
(16,972 posts)they want America pushed into a constitutional crisis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And what will the russian Repugs do? NOTHING i'm sure of that!!!!!