In the final days leading up to his termination, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe reportedly threatened to “take people down with him” if he was fired.
And despite many in the media running interference for McCabe, reliable sources say the Inspector General Office of Professional Responsibility had “tons of stuff” on him, and it had little to do President Donald Trump and a lot more to do with “power” and “control.”
That’s according to Fox News Senior Correspondent Adam Housley, who reported on Twitter late Friday on the impact of McCabe being fired.
“I am told yesterday McCabe felt the heat and went to try and save his last two days and even told some he would take people down with him if he as fired. So…let’s see what comes of this. I know this…a ton of agents…a ton…were watching this very closely,” Housley tweeted.
I am told yesterday McCabe felt the heat and went to try and save his last two days and even told some he would take people down with him if he as fired. So…let’s see what comes of this. I know this…a ton of agents…a ton…were watching this very closely.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) March 17, 2018
Housely said FBI agents are watching “very closely” how McCabe is handled, adding that “this isn’t political, it was about how things were handled internally.”
From day 1 I have said the McCabe issue was not about politics for agents. This began before Trump was elected and there are many who were watching how the Bureau handled him. Tonight…a message has been sent according to the agents I am speaking with. McCabe is our.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) March 17, 2018
Again…this isn’t about politics..this was an internal thing that became political. It started before Trump. Both sides are tho going to make this political. I mean…that’s what they do.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) March 17, 2018
Housley noted that he was speaking with agents in the bureau and investigators had “a ton of stuff on [McCabe]…a ton.”
McCabe blaming Nunes and the dossier is beyond incorrect. The internal investigation took all that into consideration and much more. Ask the agents in the bureau, not the politicians and media outside of it. That’s what I did. They had a ton of stuff on him…a ton.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) March 17, 2018
In responding to an inquiry about whether McCabe’s firing was a warning to anyone who doesn’t have the integrity to serve, Housley characterized it as “a reminder that you should do your job and be truthful and serve the agency and the people.”
This is a reminder that you should do your job and be truthful and serve the agency and the people. I could care less ur politics. RT @vlfAKAfreebird: @adamhousley But do you think this is a warning to anyone who doesn’t have the integrity to serve? Should we continue to worry?
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) March 17, 2018
The reporter stressed the controversy is more about a clique within the FBI trying to exert power and control, and both Republicans and Democrats are “wrong” to make it political.
This was about power by a group within the FBI. A clique. I see Republicans already making this political and tying it in a much different way than it was. Dems tying it to Trump…both would be wrong.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) March 17, 2018
This decision will encourage agents to trust coming forward. Others who had during the clique’s time in charge got buried and mistreated and it kept agents from coming forward. Again..this began before Trump. It was about control.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) March 17, 2018
Housley also emphasized that he [couldn’t] care less if his reporting proved to be helpful for President Trump amid the political grandstanding over McCabe’s firing.
“As a reporter I will repeat this once more. I could care less if this helps Trump, or helps politically in any way. I just know a ton of men and women in the FBI who do damn good work and they were watching how this clique would be handled,” the Fox News reporter tweeted, adding that McCabe “has many who do not support” him.
As a reporter I will repeat this once more. I could care less if this helps Trump, or helps politically in any way. I just know a ton of men and women in the FBI who do damn good work and they were watching how this clique would be handled. McCabe has many who do not support
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) March 17, 2018
Of course, rogue leadership at the FBI that traces back to the Obama administration isn’t going to sell well with the same media engaged in a long, slobbering love affair with former President Barack Obama.
Certainly not when they’re fully obsessed with destroying their messiah’s successor.
Housley revisited McCabe’s termination Saturday: “Remember these words… biggest reason agents get let go…. lack of candor It is ingrained into them during training.”
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Remember these words…biggest reason agents get let go…. lack of candor It is ingrained into them during training
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) March 17, 2018
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