Hmm. McCabe informed Sessions and Rosenstein of his intent to retire on May 13, 2017 -- just four days after Trump fired Comey. McCabe's intent to retire wassn't made public until December 2017. assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6248…
Here's a series of events I added to my timeline. Notice the March 6, 2017 event. McCabe "was informed" (how? by whom?) that White House officials wanted to fire Comey and didn't understand why Comey had not yet "removed" McCabe from his Dep Director position.
Lots of good narrative in McCabe's lawsuit as well as items for my timeline. Check out this description of a May 16, 2017 meeting between McCabe, Rosenstein, and others. @nick_weil
@nick_weil May 21, 2017: Rosenstein wanted McCabe to recuse from Russia due to his wife's run for Virginia House. McCabe wanted Rosenstein to recuse from Russia because Rosenstein might be a witness. (I have argued the point that Rosenstein should have recused for the very same reason)
McCabe meets with OIG staff to discuss Lisa Page texts indicating McCabe authorized press leaks. McCabe's version is that the OIG tricked him into providing testimony even though McCabe wanted an attorney present. Sound familiar to Gen. Flynn's experience?
@nick_weil July 28, 2017
OIG's version says the interview was much more formal and under oath. Notice, too, the OIG's claim that it was unaware that the FBI Inspection Div (INSD) had previously questioned McCabe regarding the same leak. Sneaky as McCabe was to Flynn. static01.nyt.com/files/2018/us/…
@nick_weil August 2, 2017
Christopher Wray sworn in as FBI Director. McCabe says shortly after the confirmation, Sessions pressured Wray to fire McCabe. Wray refused stating that he didn't want to politicize FBI.
No sourcing for this. McCabe seems omniscient.
@nick_weil Lots of stuff happens in late Dec 2017. Let's step outside of the McCabe lawsuit to provide context
Dec 18, 2017: Sen. Grassley calls for McCabe to be fired due to bias, but cautions Trump should not do it (Wray's job). Gowdy says same thing next day foxnews.com/politics/fbis-…
McCabe testifies to Congress. McCabe wasn't able to verify any allegation in dossier except that Carter Page had traveled to Russia (which had been publicly reported at the time). Nevertheless, McCabe backed the dossier's credibility. washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-fru…
That same day, McCabe's lawsuit says IG Horowitz notified Wray that IG's office would accelerate completion of investigation into McCabe's role in alleged leaks to WSJ. Curious that McCabe doesn't connect that to his spurious testimony on the same day.
@nick_weil McCabe's lawsuit says Wray removed McCabe. Of course, McCabe's version of events also includes a rather odd narrative that Wray wanted McCabe to say he was stepping down voluntarily.
@nick_weil To be fair to @acosta, he did correct his FAKE NEWS later the same day.
@nick_weil@Acosta McCabe sure throws shade on Wray. Even though McCabe's statement isn't credible, it indicates that McCabe believes Wray is a White Hat.
@nick_weil@Acosta Not much other factual stuff to be found in the lawsuit. McCabe argues that his termination didn't follow protocol and that he deserves his pension. /end
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Allison Sands considered interviewing David Dagon. Ultimately, she never talked to him.
I think one objective of the hoaxsters was to get the FBI to talk to Dagon. We know that media stenographers Matthew Mosk (ABC) and Franklin Foer (Slate) contacted Dagon later that month.
Imagine what stories would have been written if Dagon told Mosk/Foer that the FBI was asking questions about the Alfa Bank allegations. It might have been good that the FBI didn't ask questions.
The judge in the Fort Worth case being litigated by First Liberty (not to be confused with Liberty Counsel) has certified a class action case of all Navy personnel who have requested religious exemptions. courtlistener.com/docket/6082406…
My reading of this order suggests to me that the Navy may not discharge any sailors who have requested religious exemptions. Consistent with last week's SCOTUS stay, the Navy may reassign unvaxxed sailors.
My understanding is that this applies only to the Navy. It does appear to apply to other military branches.
Navy loses another appeal. This time, the Navy asked Judge Merryday in Tampa to lift his injunction preventing the Navy from punishing an unvaxxed sailor. Judge denied the motion this afternoon. courtlistener.com/docket/6065072…
Judge Merryday said that the government "menacingly" announced its intent to appeal to the Eleventh Circuit if the District Court did not grant relief to the military within 48 hours.
Well ... no relief was granted.
Merryday also smacks the government's motion because it "persistently and resolutely cling[s] to the belief" that the military's command discretion "need not yield" to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act despite the orders of several district courts and and a circuit court.
Recall that a Tampa court prevented the Navy from removing a destroyer captain from command. Now the Navy says the destroyer is not deployable because of the captain's vax status.
You gotta love the response by lawyers for the destroyer captain:
"If there is injury to the Navy from shutting down the Commander's ship, it is self-inflicted and intentional."
The Navy has asked the judge to remove the emergency stay and allow the Navy to remove the unvaxxed destroyer captain from command. The Navy asks the judge to make that decision today, but I have to wonder if the timing is too aggressive. courtlistener.com/docket/6065072…
A destroyer captain had his religious exemption appeal denied on Friday. He is set to be removed from command today. Captain seeks to prevent Navy from removing him. Navy claims he waited to last minute for relief
Somethings happening today
UPDATE
U.S. District Judge orders Navy to respond to TRO request by 5:00 p.m. TODAY "[t]o receive consideration before an order resolves the pending motion."