Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Was the underlining meaning of firing Andrew McCabe because President Trump didn't get his way?
If you have been reading and listening to the national news recently then you will know the name, Andrew McCabe. Andrew McCabe was a 21 year veteran of the FBI and the former FBI director when he was fired just 26 hours before he was set to retire and gain his pension. Some theories around the sudden firing of McCabe was retaliation based on the end result of the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation which McCabe was the head of. In July of 2017, President Donald Trump had tweeted "'Why didn't A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation but got....'" Fast forward to December of 2017, President Trump then tweeted "'FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!'" One other theory as to why McCabe was fired was also along the lines of retaliation. McCabe's wife, Jill McCabe, ran for Senate in Virginia and had received $700,000 from the Clintons in support of Jill McCabe's campaign. Both theories have Hillary Clinton in the middle of them which is why many believe President Trump essentially "had it out for McCabe." There are certainly other theories such as some that have to deal with the Russian collusion investigation. Overall, whatever we all may think the true reasoning behind the firing of McCabe was, the timing does send a bad message about the Trump administration as well as the comments that President Trump had made throughout 2017 on regards to McCabe. Whatever the reasoning was that is no excuse to fire him only hours before he was eligible to gain his pension.
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I know very little about this topic so I was interested to read about it. I want to include that this is a well thought out blog because the theories kept getting interesting but the only concern I have is that there are no sources included within it. The blog mentions 2 theories and connects them to Trump to answer the question posed in the title. Theories require sources in order to make people believe they are real, and if one or two sources were provided connecting your 2 theories with Trump, it would of been a stronger theory. I acknowledge your audience was not those that are unfamiliar with this topic, but even a little information about anything you’re talking about would help. For example, summarizing why you included certain tweets connecting Trump to the theory. I really do wish the theories would involve Trump’s side a little more as well, for example, explaining why Trump was so bothered with McCabe leading the Hillary and Russian investigations. A few sources there talking about how Trump felt about McCabe leading the investigations could help for a stronger theory. With all due respect this is just my opinion but otherwise these theories are really something to look into. Consider looking at the formulated opinions posted on national newspapers by the authors who work there.
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