Why we can be fairly sure McCabe isn't lying

Disgraced former FBI leader McCabe has openly admitted to plotting a coup to overthrow the government of the United States.

When it was pointed out to him that that was a bad thing he said he'd only had some preliminary discussions about it so it was ok.

The seriousness of McCabe's admission has the #FakeNews media, the NeverTrumpers, and the Democrats panicking.

Among the lines of attack they're using to keep people from being bothered by the treasonous acts of DOJ/FBI leaders is that since we know that McCabe has a history of lying we shouldn't trust what he's saying now.

While that's usually a compelling argument it fails in this case for the simple reason that we know that McCabe hates Trump and hence wouldn't tell a lie that helps Trump.

Clearly if it is in fact true that unelected DOJ/FBI leaders even discussed a coup that would strongly bolster Trump's claims, energize Trump's supporters, and put the Deep State on the defensive.  Therefore McCabe would have very strong reasons to not lie about an attempted coup since it would hurt himself and his friends and empower his sworn enemy; Trump.

Even worse if we believe McCabe it means that the man who appointed Mueller and who authorized Mueller's limitless witch hunt hates Trump so much that he was willing to participate in a coup to overturn the results of the 2016 election.  Clearly that would greatly bolster the case of those who are contending that Mueller is a biased hack who is using the full power of government to discredit Trump even though Trump hasn't colluded with Russia.

A more rational analysis of the situation is that like most Deep State bubble people and the denizens of the #FakeNews media McCabe thinks that everyone in America views Trump with the same hatred he does.  Clearly if Trump is the "literal" Hitler that the Left and the vast majority of swamp dwelling bureaucrats think he is plotting a coup against him isn't just ok it's heroic.

The most credible scenario is that McCabe thought he'd be greeted with praise and adulation for his heroic stand against the ultimate evil.  He was basically correct; the 60 Minutes interview and the rest of the #FakeNews coverage was mostly supportive.  Only after it was pointed out that the 25th Amendment has nothing to do with replacing a physically fit President did McCabe and some leftists back off; though there are still leftists who say that Trump is clinically insane based on the fact that he doesn't embrace either the style or the substance of the modern leftist agenda which is to turn the people into serfs who belong to the government.

The bottom line is that while it's generally stupid to trust a liar like McCabe even liars rarely tell lies that hurt seriously hurt their own cause.