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Andrew McCabe claims James Comey's failure to fire him led Trump to paint target on FBI director
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe made a stunning claim Wednesday which adds a new wrinkle to the timeline of events that led to his dismissal from the bureau.
In an interview with MSNBC, McCabe said a letter Trump initially intended to use to fire FBI Director James Comey criticized Comey for not firing his deputy.
"I have to be careful in the way I talk about this, but I have seen the letter that the president wrote purportedly himself justifying the firing of Jim Comey," McCabe said.
He said in a "rambling four-plus pages," the letter went through a number of reasons why he was firing Comey.
"Now I am not going to go through all of those with you but I will tell you one of them is he claims to want to fire the director of the FBI because of his failure to fire me," McCabe said.
Trump never ended up using the letter. The New York Times reported last year that White House officials urged him not to send it. He instead cited a memo written by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, focusing on the Hillary Clinton emails investigation, as justification to fire Comey in May 2017.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/andrew-mccabe-claims-james-comeys-failure-to-fire-him-led-trump-to-paint-target-on-fbi-director
Byron York: Dems' hard left turn poses dilemma for NeverTrumpers
Some of the most zealous NeverTrump conservatives are seeking a candidate to challenge President Trump in the 2020 Republican primaries. It's an uphill slog in GOP politics, where the incumbent president enjoys substantial support and huge tactical advantages. But the NeverTrumpers' task could be further complicated by developments on the Democratic side of the race.
The dilemma: A primary challenge could weaken Trump and ensure the election of a Democrat. And as the Democratic Party lurches left, that could mean the work of NeverTrump conservatives ensures the election of a radical candidate on a platform of the Green New Deal, tax rates above 70 percent, universal health care, free college, even more liberal abortion policies, and more. It would be hard to imagine a more self-defeating result for activists who previously worked in conservative Republican politics.
This is not a secret. NeverTrump strategists are well aware that primary challenges weaken sitting presidents and help the opposition party. Some strategists are actually reminding potential supporters of that fact as they seek to organize a challenge to Trump. In 1976, President Gerald Ford faced a primary challenge and went on to lose the election. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter faced a primary challenge and went on to lose the election. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush faced a primary challenge and went on to lose the election.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/byron-york-dems-hard-left-turn-poses-dilemma-for-nevertrumpers?platform=hootsuite