Something weird about this story. The NYT apparently doesn't have the McCabe memos, and their sources aren't even people who witnessed the alleged events or read the memos. Their sources are people who supposedly were "briefed" by others on the alleged events and the memos. So it's, like, triple hearsay. Seems like
awfully thin sourcing for such a "bombshell" article.
And now the
Washington Post, NBC News, ABC News, and Politico are all quoting sources who were actually in the room at the meeting where Rosenstein allegedly made the "wire" comment. They all say he made the comment, but it was abundantly clear he was being sarcastic and nobody (including Rosenstein himself) took it seriously. From the
Washington Post:
Link:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...=.b594e2758b4b
The "in the room" sources also all confirm that the 25th Amendment wasn't discussed. Apparently, that detail comes from someone who was relaying an account from Andrew McCabe in which McCabe said that Rosenstein had privately brought up the 25th Amendment. So we're back in triple hearsay territory.
It's early, but this is beginning to take on the look of something that could blow back
hard on the NYT.