The craziest day in the Russia saga in months has people freaking out that Mueller's whole investigation could unravel
Allan Smith | Jan. 30, 2018
• People are worried that President Donald Trump could move to oust Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
• Rosenstein oversees Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading the FBI's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 US election.
• Monday saw momentous developments in the Russia saga, including the ouster of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
Perhaps the most momentous day in the Russia investigation in months has renewed concern that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein could be the next to exit, potentially threatening the probe.
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe resigned on Monday. Sources described his departure to CNN and Fox News as his being "removed."
Fox News said McCabe left the bureau a day after FBI Director Christopher Wray viewed a classified Republican memo said to allege surveillance abuse by McCabe, Rosenstein, and former FBI Director James Comey. The New York Times reported that Wray had raised concerns about a report from the Justice Department's inspector general examining McCabe's and other senior officials' actions during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Later Monday, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted to release the controversial memo, which Republicans are seeking to use to cast doubt on the Russa investigation but Democrats have characterized as misleading.
The Justice Department has warned that releasing the memo, written by staff members of Rep. Devin Nunes, the committee's Republican chairman, would be "extraordinarily reckless" without an official review. But President Donald Trump wanted it released, The Washington Post reported over the weekend.
Citing three people familiar with the memo, The Times reported on Sunday that it reveals Rosenstein approved an application to extend surveillance of Carter Page, a former Trump campaign associate, shortly after he took office early last year. The extension showed that the DOJ felt that Page was most likely acting as a Russian agent, the report says.
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The Times said the reference to Rosenstein's actions in the memo showed that Republicans might seek to delegitimize Rosenstein in an effort to undermine the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 US election and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.
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