Presidential historian: McCabe firing will be known as 'Friday Night Slaughter'

[DonViejo]

BY JOHN BOWDEN - 03/17/18 09:03 AM EDT

Attorney General Jeff Sessions' firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Friday night was reminiscent of the "Saturday Night Massacre" during the waning days of the Nixon administration, presidential historian Douglas Brinkley said.

"This'll be known as the 'Friday Night Slaughter,' " Brinkley told CNN. "The very idea that Jeff Sessions hasn't released something to inform the public of what this is, it was done in sort of a cloak of secrecy late at night, bizarre fashion. The fact that he was about to have his pension and they couldn't let it go."

"It's something very cruel and sad that's occurred tonight," he continued. "And I hope our country is going to wake up, I mean, Donald Trump is struggling for his life. He's paranoid, he decided McCabe was too close to Comey, and he decided to get rid of anybody and anything that's standing in his way of kind of survival mode right now."

"I think that we can say tonight that the Trump White House is at war with the FBI," he added.

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[Squinch]

1. No it won't. It is remarkable because it is so astonishingly petty and vindictive, not because

it will have a significant impact on history.

[annabanana]

3. McCabe is one of the few that Comey told (AT THE TIME) about his uncomfortable dinner

with Trump.. Where is asked for his "loyalty".

His firing is meant to tarnish his testimony.

[Squinch]

4. Yes, it is meant to, but it doesn't.

[Cha]

2. KICK! We Shall See. Won't We?

[Stuart G]

5. You are right on ... We Shall See...!!!