'I cannot imagine this case holds up ': Andrew Weissmann on the FBI arresting Milwaukee judge - Deadline - MSNBC

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5. Former FBI Director McCabe says it's intimidation

'Looks horrible': Former Trump FBI chief says Kash Patel may have fumbled judge’s arrest

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In a Friday segment on CNN, Andrew McCabe — who was briefly the director of the FBI between James Comey and Christopher Wray — said that Patel briefly deleting the tweet could have been the result of an intervention with cooler heads in proximity to the bureau's director. CNN host Kasie Hunt asked McCabe if the deletion of the tweet suggests something may have happened "behind the scenes" that caused alarm within the higher echelon of the nation's top law enforcement agency.

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"The message here is treating this judge like she just committed some sort of a violent crime — which she didn't — and publicly humiliating her. That is the message to the rest of local judges, local sheriffs, local officials who may feel uncomfortable now being on the on the pointy edge of the government's immigration efforts," McCabe said. "This is a this is an effort at intimidation. There's a clear message being sent by the administration here today. I'm not so sure that it's a good one."

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/looks-horrible-former-trump-fbi-chief-says-kash-patel-may-have-fumbled-judge-s-arrest/ar-AA1DDpZf?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=81156f008e1d4389ba612589565fbd8b&ei=12