m but in the meeting at the justice department, mr. rosenstein added a new detail. the president asked him to reference russia in his memo. t the times adds that mccabe turns his memo to robert mueller. mccabe was fired in march after an internal investigation at the bureau and response to his firing mccabe issued a statement saying in part, quote, i am being singed out and being treated this way because of the role i play. ted and the actions i took. the release of the report
the president asked him to reference russia in his memo. the times adds that mccabe turns his memo to robert mueller. mccabe was fired in march after an internal investigation at the bureau and response to his firing mccabe issued a statement saying in part, quote, i am being singed out and being treated this way because of the role i played and the actions i took. the release of the report accelerated after my testimony of the house and intelligence revealed that i would corroborate director comey s accounts with the president.
writing about the handling of the investigation over hillary clinton. but in the meeting at the justice department, mr. rosenstein added a new detail. the president asked him to reference russia in his memo. the people familiar with the conversation said. the times adds that mccabe turns his memo to robert mueller. you may remember mccain was the focus of personal attacks from president trump as part of his strategy to discredit the russia investigation. mccabe was fired in march after an internal investigation at the bureau and response to his firing mccabe issued a statement saying in part, quote, i am being singed out and being treated this way because of the role i played and the actions i took. and this is important, the events i witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of jim comey. the release of the report accelerated after my testimony
together, we re building a better california. . we want to share with you here an nbc news exclusive interview. fbi director christopher ray saying he s satisfied politics did not play a part in the firing of andrew mccabe a day before his retirement. pete williams sat down with director ray. pete, walk us through some of the headlines with your conversation with him. on the questioning of the firing of andrew mccabe, listen very carefully. he talks about the process. he suggests he believes the process that was used in firing mccabe was a proper one. here s his answer. i m committed to doing thing objectively and independently and by the book. i think that has to extend not
one is the subpoena to the trump organization. he knows now they re looking at that, they re looking at financial stuff, that it wasn t clear they would look at before, that red line he mentioned. it s getting closer to that moment when he has to decide whether he s going to be interviewed or not. when they re going to have to decide whether to subpoena him, if he does not want to be interviewed voluntarily. on top of that this has gone on now so much longer than the president ever thought it would. didn t they say the holidays? yeah, thanksgiving, then christmas, then new year s. and if you re donald trump, president trump, you re saying, why is this taking so long? you re getting more and more nervous about how deep they re digging, which is measured by how long it s taking. i think you re seeing his frustration and his desire to try to nullify, neuter, whatever the ultimate verdict, judgment is, by saying these people doing it, mueller, mccabe, et cetera, are unreliable. do yo