Monday, April 16, 2018

IG Report Proves Andrew McCabe's Firing Was Justified

Ever since former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe was fired, McCabe and his Democrat supporters have maintained it was politically motivated.

On Friday, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, a holdover from the Obama administration, released a long-awaited report that proves beyond doubt McCabe was fired for cause.

Pages 6-7 of the inspector general report provides the relevant statute and polices that show "Lack of candor" is defined to include "False statements, misrepresentations, the failure to be fully forthright, or the concealment or omission of a material fact/information." Based on this definition, the OIG concluded that McCabe's conduct in all four instances above violated FBI Offense Code 2.5 and FBI Offense Code 2.6.

McCabe's Conflicts of Interest While at FBI. Besides lack of candor, the IG report also finds McCabe's leak to the WSJ was unauthorized.

Back on October 23, 2016, Wall Street Journal reporter Devlin Barrett revealed in an article that McCabe's wife received almost $675,000 from Terry McAuliffe, a close Clinton confidante, for Mrs. McCabe's state senate run while her husband was overseeing two Hillary Clinton investigations and McAuliffe himself was under an FBI probe.

McCabe and Democrats still maintain McCabe's firing was part of President Trump's attack on the integrity and independence of the FBI. This latest IG report shows the real people who stained the FBI's integrity and independence are its own leadership, including McCabe.

Firing McCabe was not only justified but also necessary to keep the FBI's reputation from further damage.

http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/16/ig-report-proves-andrew-mccabes-firing-justified/

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