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It\\u2019s May 12, 2017. The FBI is still reeling from the sudden firing of Director James Comey. Andrew McCabe has only been the acting Director for 3 days. He\\u2019s trying to talk to Rod Rosenstein about the issue weighing on his mind: how are they going to protect the Russia investigation? The FBI is already investigating whether the president has tried to interfere with that inquiry. But the Deputy Attorney General is distracted and upset; he can\\u2019t believe the White House is making it look as if firing Comey were his idea. He says \\u201cThere\\u2019s no one I can talk to. There\\u2019s no one here I can trust.\\u201d

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McCabe urges Rosenstein to appoint a special counsel. The credibility of the FBI and DOJ are on the line; without a special counsel a firestorm threatens to destroy the nation\\u2019s storied law enforcement institutions.

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It\\u2019s five days later\\u2014Wednesday, May 17\\u2014when McCabe sits beside Rosenstein in the basement of the United States Capitol where they\\u2019ve assembled the Gang of Eight. Then Rosenstein announces that he\\u2019s made a decision. He\\u2019s appointed a special counsel to oversee the Russia investigation and the new inquiry into the president: Robert S. Mueller III.

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