Just like his boss and hero former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe has written a Trump-trashing book. And like Comey, he’s getting hours and hours of airtime to sell laughable notions, like the idea that the FBI has been utterly nonpartisan.
This man will say anything. Truth means nothing. He’s worse than Comey. It barely matters to his interviewers that he was fired from the top of the FBI for … allegedly lying his face off to the FBI. The Justice Department inspector general, Michael Horowitz — appointed by former President Barack Obama, not President Trump — charged McCabe with lying three times under oath about having leaked to the newspapers, and not for a national security reason, just to make himself look good. While the media relish the idea of jail time for Trump aides caught lying to investigators, this man gets a red carpet and a pat on the back.
McCabe’s book tour has created headlines like this, from a CNN interview: “McCabe: It’s Possible Trump Is a Russian Asset.” Let’s be blunt. This is as credible as birtherism. It’s exactly as responsible and reliable as broadcasting a headline that says, “Trump: It’s Possible Obama Was Born in Kenya.” McCabe is the Jussie Smollett of the Justice Department.
McCabe’s publisher, St. Martin’s Press, is reaping a bonanza of book advertising. Thirty minutes on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” 15 minutes on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” 24 minutes on ABC’s “The View,” an hour on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” 30 minutes on CNN’s…
