It appears McCabe has it in for Rosenstein. Another aspect floated by Lee Smith from RCP is that Trump has ordered the release of documents, (some potentially damaging to McCabe) but held off on some of them ironically due to the pleading of Rosenstein. Unbeknownst to McCabe, Rosenstein met with Trump the night prior to this story being released. This NYT story has been in the works for awhile, but looks to be a hit job by McCabe on Rosenstein who is also part of determining filing charges against him regarding his actions that resulted in his firing.