Accuses McCabe and Rosenstein of 'illegal and treasonous' acts, endorses 'coup attempt' claim

Following Andrew McCabe's '60 Minutes' interview describing FBI discussions after James Comey's firing, Trump tweeted that McCabe and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein 'look like they were planning a very illegal act, and got caught,' calling it 'the illegal and treasonous "insurance policy" in full action!' In a separate post he quoted a Fox News contributor characterizing the discussions as 'a coup attempt on the president of the United States' and endorsed it with 'True!' Legal commentators noted that the underlying conduct McCabe described—opening investigations and considering constitutional processes—was not treason or a coup, and that a president labeling law-enforcement officials 'treasonous' targets the officials who oversaw the Russia inquiry. The remarks intensified Trump's attacks on the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of his campaign.

"He and Rod Rosenstein, who was hired by Jeff Sessions (another beauty), look like they were planning a very illegal act, and got caught ... This was the illegal and treasonous 'insurance policy' in full action!" Quote verified against source