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With impeachment material. but yes, he will testify if it comes to a proceeding that comey told him exactly what he said he said and the defense attorney will say, isnt it true, mr. mccabe, that you were found to have committed misconduct? isnt it true that you were fired, et cetera, et cetera? and that impeachment will have whatever value it has in front of a jury. its true, as ben and ruth says, that part of whats going on, we obviously dont know exactly what he did and its odd that horwitz fo...

>> by the way, lauren by the if i can say, its what he did with respect to the clinton investigation when he said it was extremely careless of her. it may be that horwitz will also impugn comey in his broader report. >> joining the discussion is ben wettes, he knows t some of the players involved in this, including james comey. your reaction to attorney general jeff sessions firing former acting director of the fbi, andrew mccabe two days before his official retirement date? >> im very saddened ...

Be very difficult to justify. and that said, i will reserve judgment until i see what the inspector general has said and what i see -- whenever i see andy has responded to that so i understand what the parameters of the dispute really are. >> the only response we have from andrew mccabe at this point is a comment he made to the "new york times" tonight, he said the idea i was dishonest is just wrong, this is part of an effort to discredit me as a witness. ben, wittes he means as a witness in the...

Director comeys accounts of his discussions with the president. the oigs focus on me and this report became a part of an unprecedented effort by the administration driven by the president himself, to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and strip me of a pension i worked 21 years to earn. the accelerated release of the report and the punitive actions taken make sense only when viewed through this lens, thursdays comments from the white house are just the latest example of this. thi...

We know from what director comey has said, written, he shared his encounters. the encounters where president trump may have attempt today obstruct justice. he shared those encounters with a small group of people, all of whom have been sidelined or fired. in the case of andy mccabe, he, of course, was sidelined weeks ago, and now his firing, i suspect as andy mccabe himself is saying was to undermine his credibility as a fact witness, as ben was alluding to. the other thing we have tomorrow is we...

And accurately as i could. when i thought my answers were misunderstood i contacted investigators to correct them. but looking at that in isolation completely misses the big picture. the pig picture is a tail of what can happen when law enforcement is politicized, public servants are attacked. and people become instruments for damaging institutions and people. i want to get your reaction to that much of andrew mccabes statement, harry litman. >> its true and tragic. first on mccabe, the broader ...

Andrew mccabe is directly dealing with what must be in that inspector generals report. he says, during these inquiries i answered questions truthfully and as accurately as i could amidst the kay yosz that surrounded me, and when i thought my answers were misunderstood, i contacted investigators to correct them. when we get to read the report, i suggest there will be several pages that describe what andrew mccabe is describing there and well have to hold one against the other. >> two things can b...

Importance of the special counsels work. ben, your reaction to andrew mccabe saying that the reality here is that he is -- he said, im being singled out and treated this way because of the role i played, the actions i took, and the events i witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of james comey. >> we dont know the underlying evidence that the inspector general reported about andrew mccabe is. we do know that the singling out of the deputy fbi director by the president of the united states on a...

Possibility that this is actually the timing of this is related to the mueller investigation because andrew mccabe is obviously a witness in that investigation as ben wittes just said, a corroborating witness to james comey and if you can get him fired from his job for being untruthful that would have an affect on his credibility. >> thats right. we know from what director comey has said, written, he shared his encounters. the encounters where president trump may have attempt today obstruct just...

His scalp, i will, you know, regard it as an action that may be very difficult to justify. and that said, i will reserve judgment until i see what the inspector general has said and what i see -- whenever i see andy has responded to that so i understand what the parameters of the dispute really are. >> the only response we have from andrew mccabe at this point is a comment he made to the "new york times" tonight, he said the idea i was dishonest is just wrong, this is part of an effort to discre...