How the FBI Protects America Under Trump

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 26, 2019

Former FBI agent and attorney, Andrew McCabe, joins us to discuss his new book, The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump (St. Martin's Press, 2019). Then, listeners weigh in.

"It became clear to us that the President was very frustrated with what we were doing," says Andrew McCabe, former FBI agent. "The progress that Director Mueller has made thus far has certainly validated our concerns."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 26, 2019

→ EVENT: Andrew McCabe will be at The Strand Book Store in NYC on Thursday 2/28 at 7pm for a talk and book signing.

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