Another attack by Trump fails. I wish there was some way McCabe could get his pension. I hope he sues. Now Trump will whine about it. Trump keeps trying to make people who he thinks of as enemies get charged with crimes. Meanwhile, it’s his cronies (Manafort, Flynn, Stone) who are convicted.
"A White House official said that Trump was not given a heads-up and was upset, and that White House lawyers moved to calm the president. The official said Trump 'believes very strongly that action should be taken.'" https://t.co/dn3rhHGL3j @jdawsey1 @DevlinBarrett @karoun
— Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) February 14, 2020
Note that there were reports/rumors that a DC grand jury refused to indict McCabe last year. Hard to move forward after that. Seems they just kept him hanging until now when it became convenient to toss out a distraction while they start trying to undo the Flynn conviction.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 14, 2020
The McCabe investigation was dead months ago when is was clear that the grand jury wouldn’t indict him. Today’s announcement is a crass public relations move, pure & simple, trying to convince us that Barr is not doing Trump’s dirty work. Don’t be fooled. https://t.co/AnlNz8q26u
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) February 14, 2020
Thread. If career prosecutors were telling a judge on Sep. 9 that a McCabe decision could be made "literally within days," why has this case languished so long? https://t.co/mSvW9Ga7Gb
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) February 14, 2020
No kidding: Andrew McCabe, Ex-F.B.I. Official, Will Not Be Charged in Lying Case #mccabe https://t.co/qZOZv6sQc2
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) February 14, 2020
Bill Barr, trump’s stooge, admits Andy McCabe did nothing wrong.
— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) February 14, 2020
US Attorney John Huber, trump’s stooge to find wrongdoing by DOJ in 2016, finds bubkis.
The pressure from trump, Barr & FOX on their last hope, US Attorney John Durham, to manufacture wrongdoing is immense.
This story seems timed to limit Trump's outrage at the decision not to charge McCabe https://t.co/4fDScPPulo
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) February 14, 2020
Hillary Clinton – cleared
— lisastark35 (@lisastark351) February 14, 2020
James Comey – cleared
Obama – cleared
Lisa and Peter – cleared
Now McCabe – cleared
Wake up, MAGAts. They did nothing wrong. Trump has been lying to you for years.
BREAKING: We just got unsealed court docs that show DOJ stringing the Andrew McCabe case along while looking for a reason to indict him. It should come as no surprise the announcement they won't indict happened right before we got the docs. Read them here: https://t.co/utQ3Pj9t7k
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 14, 2020
Trump was angered by decision by federal prosecutors not to pursue charges against former FBI director Andrew McCabe, a WH official said.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 14, 2020
McCabe’s counsel: “The president aided by the attorney general is using the power of his office to go after perceived political enemies. He's going after the intelligence community. He's going after the law enforcement community…”
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) February 14, 2020
Judge Walton: "Going after the courts too.”
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New, with @arawnsley: A federal judge blasted DOJ for their management of the McCabe investigation, calling it disturbing and comparing the situation to a "banana republic"https://t.co/PKjeKNcnIM
— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) February 14, 2020
NEW: DOJ decision to drop McCabe probe came on deadline to release docs in related #FOIA case. They show the judge said he feared Trump comments about McCabe prosecution were turning US into a 'banana republic.' More: https://t.co/CIYsmOpwG5
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) February 14, 2020
Also released today – transcripts from a court case involving a FOIA request for documents about the McCabe matter. The judge (a Bush appointee) made clear his feelings about comments by President Trump re: McCabehttps://t.co/VQ6tnmnklC pic.twitter.com/GTU9fe4HEZ
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) February 14, 2020
Sad! 