Andy McCabe’s long list of things to do regarding Trump besides the wire talk and discussions of Special Counsel discussed before Comey was fired

Pages 13-20 second Baker interviewed

And then there are these – some number of conversations with the Deputy Attorney General about what to do next, what needs to be done, and my recollection is numerous topics were discussed, and these were among them.

The wearing of the wire and the 25th Amendment were on the list, one or two of a list of things that we were going – that people were going through to try to figure out what to do.

Mr.Meadows: So one last followup. So you say that was one of several things that the team discussed in the aftermath of James Comey's firing.

Discussed to do what? I guess my question is, was there the feeling that the President needed to be removed from office?

I mean, what were the other things. If this is a list, you know, in a litany of long items that you discussed in terms of action items, what were the other action items.

Mr.Baker: so I’m going to pause and just ask the Bureau if there's any issue with me responding to that question here.

Mr. May we can confer with the witness?

[Discussion off the record.]

Mr. Congressman Meadows, at this time, we'll instruct the witness not to answer.

Mr.Meadows: So, if you will do that, I will say it nicely and politely:

Obviously there are concerns, and we all know that there are potential talks about obstruction of justice, and certainly if this gets over into those, but this can't be just singularly about obstruction of justice if there's a long list of things that you were talking about, but…

Mr. Meadows: Back to the special prosecutor, we now have evidence that would suggest that a special prosecutor was being discussed prior to the firing of Director Comey. Specifically it’s in Bruce Ohr‘ s notes where he was having conversations about a special prosecutor in March of 2017. Did you have conversations prior to the firing of James Comey about a special prosecutor?

Mr.Baker: to the best of my recollection, that topic came up, but I don't remember a specific conversation sitting here today about it, but I remember it coming up, but not like a meeting or anything of that nature. It was mentioned as a possibility or –

Mr.Jordan: Okay you said you had conversations with folks at the FBI about the appointment of a special counsel prior to Mr. Comey's firing.

Mr.Baker: well I don’t specifically remember who it was. I believe it was people at the FBI, and it was just about a special counsel in general, and it was not a long conversation. It was a mention of a—

Mr.Baker: I’m hesitant to say who it was specifically because I think it was a passing conversation that could have been with the Director, with the Deputy Director, and some of the other senior leaders.