McCabe backtracks on Rosenstein and 25th Amendment claim
by Caitlin Yilek
| February 15, 2019 04:49 PM
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is backtracking on the suggestion that he engaged in discussions about whether President Trump could be removed from office under the 25th Amendment.
McCabe’s spokeswoman released a statement Friday that said McCabe’s statements about such conversations “have been taken out of context and misrepresented.â€
The New York Times reported in September that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had discussed using the amendment and wearing a wire to record his conversations with the president. Rosenstein denied the report.
Whether such conversations had taken place made headlines again Thursday when “60 Minutes†correspondent Scott Pelley said McCabe told him there were meetings “in which it was discussed whether the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet could be brought together to remove the president of the United States under the 25th Amendment."
McCabe’s spokeswoman, Melissa Schwartz, said the former Justice Department official was only confirming a discussion that had been previously reported and that new reports have been overblown.
“To clarify, at no time did Mr. McCabe participate in any extended discussions about the use of the 25th Amendment, nor is he aware of any such discussions. He was present and participated in a discussion that included a comment by Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein regarding the 25th Amendment,†she said.
The anecdote is not included in McCabe’s forthcoming book, “The Threat,†she said. The book is set to be released Tuesday.
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