Andrew McCabe, the fired FBI deputy director, misled investigators and his own boss about his role in a news media disclosure about Hillary Clinton just days before the 2016 presidential election and authorized the release of information to "Advance his personal interests," according to a Justice Department watchdog report.
President Donald Trump, already furious over a forthcoming book from fired FBI Director James Comey, lashed out after the report's release by saying McCabe had "LIED! LIED! LIED!".The inspector general report concludes that McCabe allowed FBI officials to speak with a Wall Street Journal reporter for a story about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation, violating agency rules, and then misled FBI officials when questioned about it.
McCabe's statement notes that as deputy director he had full authority to authorize sharing information with the media and says he permitted subordinates to do so in this case to correct a false narrative that he had tried to stymie an FBI probe into the Clinton Foundation.
Its conclusion may also be hard for Democrats to embrace given its harshly critical suggestion that McCabe had put his personal reputation above the interests of the FBI.Regardless, the report immediately provided fodder for Trump's public attacks on McCabe.
The president has made a concerted and Twitter-driven effort to impugn McCabe as a partisan hack, accusing him of covering up unspecified "Lies and corruption" at the FBI and calling his firing a "Great day for Democracy." On Friday, Trump called the inspector general report a "Total disaster" and said "McCabe is controlled by Comey."
The findings, which had trickled out in news reports over the last month, led FBI disciplinary officials to recommend that the Justice Department fire McCabe.
McCabe, appointed deputy director in 2016, had been a close Comey ally and passionately defended him in a congressional hearing two days after his firing.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/watchdog-report-ex-fbi-deputy-director-misled-investigators-183711243--politics.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews
President Donald Trump, already furious over a forthcoming book from fired FBI Director James Comey, lashed out after the report's release by saying McCabe had "LIED! LIED! LIED!".The inspector general report concludes that McCabe allowed FBI officials to speak with a Wall Street Journal reporter for a story about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation, violating agency rules, and then misled FBI officials when questioned about it.
McCabe's statement notes that as deputy director he had full authority to authorize sharing information with the media and says he permitted subordinates to do so in this case to correct a false narrative that he had tried to stymie an FBI probe into the Clinton Foundation.
Its conclusion may also be hard for Democrats to embrace given its harshly critical suggestion that McCabe had put his personal reputation above the interests of the FBI.Regardless, the report immediately provided fodder for Trump's public attacks on McCabe.
The president has made a concerted and Twitter-driven effort to impugn McCabe as a partisan hack, accusing him of covering up unspecified "Lies and corruption" at the FBI and calling his firing a "Great day for Democracy." On Friday, Trump called the inspector general report a "Total disaster" and said "McCabe is controlled by Comey."
The findings, which had trickled out in news reports over the last month, led FBI disciplinary officials to recommend that the Justice Department fire McCabe.
McCabe, appointed deputy director in 2016, had been a close Comey ally and passionately defended him in a congressional hearing two days after his firing.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/watchdog-report-ex-fbi-deputy-director-misled-investigators-183711243--politics.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews
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