Deputy US Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has in 2017, according to the then FBI interim chief Andrew McCabe on a dismissal of President Donald Trump by his cabinet thought. Rosenstein had after the dismissal of FBI chief James Comey with him, „how many other cabinet members support such an approach,“ said McCabe in an interview with the CBS program „60 Minutes“, before the broadcast yesterday shown in advance excerpts were.
Talk about „possible votes“ for deposition
The conversation was about counting „the potential votes“ against Trump for dismissing the president based on the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, McCabe said. This article governs the succession of a US President in the event of his death, resignation, impeachment, or inability to do so.
McCabe said in the CBS interview that he could not remember how the language came to the 25th Amendment. This was just one of many topics in „a diversified conversation“ with Rosenstein.
Rosenstein „very worried about the president“
Asked whether Rosenstein wanted to get rid of the president in one way or another, McCabe said in the interview, „I can not confirm that.“ Rosenstein was „very much worried about the president, his ability and his Goal at that time „. Trump had dismissed Comey in May 2017 completely unexpectedly. The background was the investigation into Russia contacts of Trump’s campaign team.
In September, the „New York Times“ and the „Washington Post“ reported that Rosenstein had proposed in 2017 to secretly intercept Trump and possibly declare him incapacitated and removed from office. Rosenstein denied the reports at that time immediately.
Rosenstein is according to media reports from early January is about to replace. McCabe himself had been fired by Trump in March. The US president accused him of dishonesty when handling the FBI’s investigation into Trump’s opponent in the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton.
