Wednesday, February 20, 2019

A Few Words About Andrew McCabe

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019



My Dear America:

Former FBI Director and Assistant Director, Andrew McCabe has been making the rounds on television this week talking about his new book "The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump".

Like his former FBI colleague, James Comey, Andrew McCabe has some very frightening things to say about his experiences with Donald Trump, as well as his experiences with Comey and Assistant Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein.  

Like his former colleagues, Andrew McCabe appears to be someone who, without much fanfare, did his FBI work well enough to move up the ladder in the Federal Bureau of Investigation without major incident prior to Donald Trump running for President and eventually becoming President.

Although I know nothing more than what I have read about McCabe and seen and heard in his television appearances I do find that what McCabe has to say seems credible.  After all, during his long career in the FBI he, like James Comey, has had a standout record and as far as I have gleaned was known as a straight shooter with a reputation for telling the truth before Trump came to town.

The truth McCabe is telling these days seems to be that he had the unfortunate task of being in top FBI positions when Donald Trump came into office with a record of seriously traitorous behavior.  

Clearly McCabe knows that his television and bookstore shelf life will not be lengthy so he has stepped up with his well reviewed book and his alarming television appearances with some very disturbing statements about Donald Trump.  

Certainly, Donald Trump has had no use for either James Comey or Andrew McCabe.  Following his Presidential inauguration Donald Trump tried to get Comey to pledge loyalty to Trump and when Comey did not bow down to Trump he was fired.  Following that McCabe moved into the hot seat of Director and seemed to be one more of Trump's firing targets.  Trump finally got McCabe out of the FBI shortly before McCabe was planning to leave the FBI on his own with a pension and other benefits which he deserved after many years of Federal service.  In an act of sheer vengeance Trump fired McCabe just hours before he would have received full benefits.

Certainly Trump has treated others in his Administration very poorly but McCabe's firing shows the truly reprehensible character of the monster that haunts 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.    

McCabe in his interviews has tried to be honest about what has happened to him during his stint in the Trump Administration.  McCabe does not shy away from admitting his concern that Donald Trump may be either a witting or an unwitting Russian Asset.

Certainly Trump's record of making countless decisions far more beneficial to Vladimir Putin than to America disturbs Andrew McCabe, as it should disturb us all.

Why members of the Republican Party continue to make excuses for Trump instead of being outraged by his continuing disturbing and reckless homage to Putin is hard to understand. 

As we continue to watch Trump destroy the lives and reputations of decent Americans like Andrew McCabe and James Comey and listen to Trump continue to call the Russia Investigation a "Hoax" it is time for Republicans to wake up to reality and recognize that our President is in one form or another a "Russian Asset.

Good God, how have we let this happen and how long are we going to continue to allow a "Russian Asset" to lead the American Government.


Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher

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