Trump accuses McCabe and Rosenstein of 'planning a very illegal act'


President Trump on Monday lashed out at former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, accusing them both of planning a crime.
McCabe had said in a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday that "a crime may have been committed" if President Trump was trying to obscure his campaign's ties to Russia and derail the Russian election meddling investigation when he fired then-FBI director James Comey in May 2017, per The Associated Press. McCabe was ousted in March 2018, 10 months after opening two investigations into Trump that he said led to his firing.
McCabe additionally confirmed in that interview that Rosenstein offered to wear a wire to record President Trump in the White House and that he was "not joking" when he suggested that, CNN reports. And McCabe said Rosenstein discussed which members of the president's Cabinet might support an effort to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.
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On Twitter, Trump said that McCabe is telling "so many lies" and that his "story gets even more deranged." He also accused both McCabe and Rosenstein of "planning a very illegal act." Brendan Morrow
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