Mueller investigation must be protected

Sen. Mark Warner: In America, no one is above the law. Not even a president.

It’s time to wake up and smell the roses. Unless Republicans in Congress stand up and do something now, we may be headed to an autocracy and the end of the rule of law. Consider the facts:

❚ First, Attorney General Jeff Sessions quickly — and before the official report of the Inspector General — fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, on Friday.

❚ Second, McCabe says: “This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement and intelligence professionals more generally.”

❚ Third, President Trump celebrates McCabe’s firing, declaring that this “is a great day for Democracy.”

❚ Fourth, McCabe wrote memos documenting his conversations with Trump before he was fired — and those have been turned over to Mueller.

❚ And finally, on Saturday morning, Trump’s attorney John Dowd puts out a statement saying he hopes Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will fol- low Sessions’ example and end Mueller’s investigation.

The timing of these events is suspicious. Is it not clear that Trump has something significant to hide and will do anything to prevent us from learning the truth?

Richard Cherwitz

Austin

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe just got hooked while lurking at the bottom of the D.C. cesspool. Bigger swamp-dwellers to follow. Let’s not shed crocodile tears for McCabe’s lost 20-year pension because he may have lied under oath about leaking.

Former national security adviser Mi- chael Flynn omitted facts to the FBI, which he plans to retract. His single charge faces a maximum of five years in prison and a fine. And a no thanks for his over 30 years of service defending America. You hear crickets from the left. But there is moral indignation over McCabe’s forfeited estimated pension compromising American security? Michael Velsmid

Nantucket, Mass.

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