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White house. he said i never get searched if i go into the white house. i can easily wear a recording device. they wouldnt know it was there. now, he was not joking. he was absolutely serious, and, in fact, he brought it up in the next meeting we had. i never actually considered taking him up on the offer. i did discuss it with my general counsel and my leadership team back at the fbi after he brought it up the first time. >> the point of rosenstein wearing the wire into a meeting with the presi...

They really liked. this was an illegal and treasonous insurance policy in full action." in the interview, mccabe described in detail discussions with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein about using the 25th amendment to potentially oust trump from office. >> rosenstein was actually openly talking about whether there was a majority of the cabinet who would vote to remove the president? >> thats correct. counting votes or possible votes. >> reporter: and possibly wearing a wire inside the white...

Morning calls mccabes story deranged. mccabe is the first official to go on the record to confirm there is discussion of invoking the 25th amendment. mccabe also confirms a conversation among himself and rosenstein about wearing a wire to record conversations with the president. listen. >> we talked about why the president had insisted on firing the director and whether or not he was thinking about the russia investigation and did that impact his decision? and in the context of that conversation...

He said, i never get searched when i go into the white house. i could easily wear a recording device. they wouldnt know it was there. now, he was not joking. he was absolutely serious, and in fact he brought it up in the next meeting we had. >> another source tells cnn that who was in the room for that conversation that it was sarcasm, it was sort of straight-faced sarcasm. but just for a moment, which is what was happening in the early days of the trump administration. >> yeah, this is exactly ...

Series of dubious events, including the president asking james comey to drop the investigation into flynn, and then telling him firing james comey relieved great pressure. >> mccabe said rosenstein was onboard into launching investigations into the president, and he also offered to wear a wire into the white house. >> we talked about why the president had insisted on firing the director and whether or not he was thinking about the russia investigation, and did that impact his decision and in the...

I can easily wear a recording device. he was not joking. >> rosenstein distanced himself from the conversation only saying for was he in a position to consider invoking the amendment. he was unsettled by how the president fired it to russia. >> he was concerned by his interactions that seemed to be focus and firing the director and saying things like make sure you put russia in your memo. that is in the same way it concerned me and fbi investigators on the russia case. >> its not clear what he m...

Amendment and where rosenstein offered to wear a wire. >> we spoke on whether he insisted on firing the director and whether he thoum. in the context of that conversation. the deputy attorney general offered to wear a wire into the white house. he said, i never get searched. i could easily wear a recording device. they wouldnt know it was there. now, he was not yoking. he was absolutely serious and he brought it up if the net meeting we had. i discussed it with my legal team after he brought it ...

Catch. >> the white house defending the presidents emergency declaration to build a border wall and efforts to block the move will escalate today. he said i never get searched when i go into the white house. i can easily wear a recording device and they wouldnt know it was there. >> former number two at the fbi has new clarity into why rod rosenstein considered wearing a wire into the oval office. american aid has arrived at the venezuelan border, and now the struggle to get it to the people...

Thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. the deputy attorney general offered to wear wire into the white house. he said i never get searched when i go into the white house. i could easily wear a recording device. they wouldnt know it was there. now, he was not joking. >> jesse: the doj is calling mccabes claim is false. president trump saint mccabe and rosenstein, a legal and treasonous plot against his presidency. mccabe says he opened up these investigation...

When i go into the white house. i can easily wear a recording device. they wouldnt know it was there. >> the general counsel, lawyer team said what about this idea? >> i think the general counsel had a heart attack and when he got up off the floor he said, thats a bridge too far. were not there yet. >> reporter: but baker, who was counsel mccabe was referring to, pulled something out to house investigators. quote, my recollection is that there was discussion about it over a longer period than th...