The Washington Post reports:
The department revealed the decision to McCabe’s team Friday; it was unclear whether there were other plans to make it public. The move was said to infuriate Trump, who has raged publicly and privately in recent months that McCabe and others he considers political enemies should be charged with crimes.
The decision could amplify the tension between Trump and his Justice Department, especially Attorney General William P. Barr, who on Thursday publicly rebuked the president for tweeting about Justice Department criminal cases.AD
A White House official said that Trump was not given a heads-up and was upset, and that White House lawyers moved to calm the president. The official said Trump “believes very strongly that action should be taken.”Trump suggests former FBI officials committed treason.
Maybe this new investigation of the Mueller investigation, from which the Stone and Flynn case originally came, will appease him. It’s certainly what Barr assumes.
And it might work. The WaPo article last night reported that Trump has been so angry about Comey and McCabe not being thrown in jail because his buddies all had to face indictments and trials for their crimes. (“It’s unfaaaair” he wailed like 4 year old.) Maybe if Barr can find a way to let Flynn off the hook he’ll feel a little bit better about McCabe.
Unfortunately, Flynn’s case is in the hands of a federal judge. The best Barr can hope for is that they pull some wingnut judges in an appeal or he can put some federal investigators and prosecutors in jail to pay for McCabe’s “get out of jail free” card. All of that takes time. We’ll have to see if Trump is ok with that.
On the other hand, maybe Barr can indict James Comey for some alleged leaking from years ago. That would probably dry some of the White House toddler’s tears, at least for a while.