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>> at the conclusion of my remarks, there were no objections. there were no protests. there was no -- you know, there was a clear sense in the room that people were resigned to the fact that we had taken a necessary step. that was my impression. >> reporter: trump dodging a question about that revelation, focussing instead on attacking mccabe. >> i think hes a disaster. and what he was trying to do was terrible and he was caught. im very proud to say we caught him. so well see what happens, but ...

There. >> more generally, the white house communications office has been taking the tactic of attacking mccabes veracity, his credibility, he has certain issues with the off of the inspector general that led to his undoing at the fbi so more generally the white house going after andrew mccabe as untruthful. >> laura jarrett and jim schultz are with us. jim schultz is a former white house lawyer under president trump. jim, this is part of a pattern here with this president. he was not happy with ...

Appears to have gotten under the presidents skin. andrew mccabe confirmed after james comeys firing, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein raised the possibility of invoking the 25th amendment according to a newly released transcript. quote, rod raise ed the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. attacking mccabe in a tweet last night, president trump quoted harvard law professor alan dershowitz saying tryin...

Mccabe has used the defense that he was confused and distracted but unlike flynn, it appears to work. the issue is not as much of the need to indict mccabe as it is the lack of consistency of how this law is being applied. >> i think there is no question that theres no reason to doubt the inspector general. he was an obama appointee. theres no reason to doubt this is politically motivated. what is problematic is the president tainting the process with his tweets. making it look problematic and p...

Was indicted for criminal statements, mccabe use the flynn defense, was confused and unlike flynn it appeared to have worked. the issue was not as much the crying need to indict mccabe as lack of consistency how this law is being applied. >> no question there is no reason to doubt the inspector general. he was an obama appointee, no reason to doubt this was politically motivated. what is problematic is the president tainting the process with his tweets making it look problematic and pushing jeff...

The conclusions. but look, the problem is that trump tainted the whole process. >> yeah. >> by then attacking mccabe and making it seem like this was the outcome he wanted so that even if the people in the justice department thought they were doing the right thing, they basically got staabotaged by th boss who made it look political. so in some respects trump shot himself in the foot here because he under mined what could have been an advantage for him to have mccabe fired by career professional...

About this and confirmed what this looks like from the outside is what it feels like and looks like from the inside until now. there is this blistering statement that was just released by andrew mccabe after he was fired on friday night. it says in part quote here is the reality. im being singled out and treated because of the role i played, the actions i took and events i witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of james comey. the release of this report was accelerated after my testimony to th...

>> certainly the fbi office of professional responsibility recommended the firing based on the conclusions. but look, the problem is that trump tainted the whole process. >> yeah. >> by then attacking mccabe and making it seem like this was the outcome he wanted so that even if the people in the justice department thought they were doing the right thing, they basically got sabotaged by the boss who made it look political. so in some respects trump shot himself in the foot here because he under m...

Demagogue in the dustbin of history. you may scapegoat andy mccabe, but you will not destroy america. america will triumph over you. that was john brennan. james comey responded to the presidents attack on him saying, mr. president, the american people will hear my story very soon. and they can judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not. frank, back to you. i again, we go to who is the jury here. i think its the deep state, and they already i think are against trump on this. i think he...

Attacking mccabe. just spewing it all over the place without any sense of, like, brains. >> well, i think trump is concerned that there are more people who would come out and talk about him and talk what is happening in the white house in this manner. you to remember it the push to get these ndas came about when there was a time when leaks were really out of control in the white house. >> they havent stopped. >> they havent stopped. thats the point. >> talk to her. whats new? whats new? >> call ...