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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 he's a disaster. and what he was trying to do was terrible and he was caught. i'm very proud to say we caught him. so we'll see what happens, but he -- he is a disgraced man. he was terminated, not by me, he was terminated by other. >> reporte...

There. >> more generally, the white house communications office has been taking the tactic of attacking mccabe's 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 james comey who was handling the russia investigation, fired him, not happy with chris wray's leade...

Appears to have gotten under the president's skin. andrew mccabe confirmed after james comey's 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 trying to use the 25th amendment to circumvent the election is a dispickble act of unconstitutional pow...

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 there's no reason to doubt the inspector general. he was an obama appointee. there's 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 perhaps may be pushing jeff sessions to fire mccabe earlier than necessary. taking a step back, the...

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 sessions to fire mccabe earlier than necessary. the president attacking mccabe and comey for lying ...