McMaster says Cohn taking docs off Trump's desk was "wholly appropriate"

I disagree. What would have been appropriate would be to go directly to the press. Or at least a department head who handled such things.  Cohn was an economic adviser.

Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Tuesday defended his ex-White House colleague Gary Cohn for removing a trade-related document from President's Trump.

"I know about that incident and that was wholly appropriate for Gary Cohn, who was a wonderful public servant and a great colleague, to do," McMaster said during an appearance an event held by Perry World House in Philadelphia.

He was responding to a question about whether removing papers from the desk of a commander in chief fits the role of a civil servant, since he had argued it isn't their job to check a democratically elected president's power but rather to help make him or her successful.

The Cohn incident is described in Bob Woodward's latest book, Fear. Trump had on his desk a letter that if signed would pull the U.S. out of a trade agreement with South Korea. Cohn grabbed it and walked off with it and later told an associate about what he did. "I stole it off his desk," Cohn said, according to the book. "I wouldn't let him see it. He's never going to see that document. Got to protect the country."

  Washington Examiner

If the president is a threat to the country, then he needs to be impeached, not covered up.

Trump condemned the story as "false" and "made up" in an interview with the Daily Caller, adding, "there was nobody taking anything from me.”

Cohn himself put out a statement not outright denying the events that transpired, but claiming they were misportrayed. “This book does not accurately portray my experience at the White House. I am proud of my service in the Trump Administration, and I continue to support the President and his economic agenda," he said.

Not from within the government, however.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.