[ April 18, 2024 ]
Wait, it gets better. Mr. McCabe is suing the Justice Department for wrongful termination. The Democrats may have contempt for it but no one is above the law. Prosecution is long overdue.
FBI investigators claim former deputy director Andrew McCabe admitted to misleading them about his involvement in a media leak and subsequently apologized for the lie, according to newly released transcripts of McCabe’s interviews with investigators.
The transcripts, released by the Department of Justice Inspector General’s office (OIG) — which found McCabe “lacked candor” with investigators in a scathing February 2018 report — detail how McCabe spun a false narrative that he was not responsible for leaking the information cited in a October 2016 Wall Street Journal article that detailed a new probe into Hillary Clinton’s email use.
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Ex-FBI Deputy McCabe admits to leaking info to media, obstructing probe
By Jeff Mordock – The Washington Times, January 2, 2020
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe admitted he misled investigators about his role in a media leak and apologized for it, according to transcripts of his interviews with investigators released Thursday.
The transcripts were released by the Justice Department’s inspector general in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
An unidentified FBI investigator detailed his frustration with Mr. McCabe over the time he spent investigating the leak, only to discover the leak came from the former deputy director himself, according to the transcripts. Mr. McCabe had repeatedly denied he was the source of the leak, but later confessed and apologized when the investigator confronted him, the transcripts said.
“I remember saying to him, ‘Sir, you understand that we’ve put a lot of work into this based on what you told us,’” the agent said. “I mean, and I even said, long nights and weekends working on this trying to find out who amongst your ranks of trusted people would, would do something like that. And [Mr. McCabe] kind of just looked down, kind of nodded and said, ‘Yeah, I’m sorry.’”
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz last year concluded Mr. McCabe “lacked candor” with investigators probing a leak to The Wall Street Journal that revealed the FBI was looking into Hilary Clinton’s emails and the Clinton Foundation.
The Justice Department fired Mr. McCabe in the spring of 2018, citing Mr. Horowitz’s conclusions. Mr. McCabe is suing the Justice Department for wrongful termination, alleging President Trump ordered his firing.
When FBI investigators confronted Mr. McCabe about the leak, he denied authorizing the disclosure to the Journal. He also presented himself as a “victim,” according to the agent who conducted the interview.
After investigators received “conflicting information” on whether he ordered the leak, Mr. McCabe confessed in a follow-up interview, the transcripts said.
“I need to know from you did you authorize this article? Were you aware of it? Did you authorize it?” the investigator said he asked Mr. McCabe. “And as nice as could be, he said, ‘Yep. Yep, I did.’”
The investigator said he was surprised by Mr. McCabe’s revelation and it changed the probe by “180 degrees.”
When investigators showed the former No. 2 official at the FBI his statement from an earlier interview in which he said he did not know the leaker’s identity, Mr. McCabe appeared surprised and said he “didn’t ever remember seeing this before.”
“I told him, I said we sent it to you at least three times or two times,” the agent said. Mr. McCabe responded, “There was a lot going on.”
The U.S. Attorney in D.C. is currently mulling criminal charges against Mr. McCabe based on Mr. Howoritz’s conclusions. His attorneys have denied any wrongdoing. Mr. McCabe said he would refuse to accept a plea deal.
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18 Comments
4 years ago
he apologized, so that makes it OK. i don’t recall nixon getting a pass like this
4 years ago
Reply to
tituspullo
Lefties are special and can do anything they want – or so they believe. With the the Trump administration calling the shots now the traitors are beginning to feel the heat. . .
4 years ago
Reply to
dalyc12
Who has been prosecuted or indicted?
It’s been a few YEARS since Hillary committed crimes and that has been reopened?
Will that happen in our lifetime?
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Now, don’t worry. By 2098, there should be enough evidence to go to trial and put Hillary and all of them away…..
4 years ago
Reply to
tituspullo
i don’t recall nixon getting a pass like this
I do not recall Nixon apologizing, although he did sort of edge around it. As I recall, in his interviews with David Frost, he admitted failing people.
4 years ago
When is someone going to jail? McCabe? Struok? Steele? Obama? Clinton (both of them)?
4 years ago
Rightful firing sticks. Benefit package sacked. Jail-time is served!
This man should be shamed to the point he is an embarrassment to himself!
4 years ago
This reminds me of a cartoon joke that I recently saw. In it, a little boy is stating to his father that he expects to be a criminal, and the father replies “government or private sector.” Unfortunately, what we are learning is that government power breeds corruption and we all need to try and do something about allowing this problem to continue to exist. I do not know the full answer to this quandary/dilemma that we must face, but It is apparent something must be done.
4 years ago
The U.S. Attorney in D.C. is currently mulling criminal charges against Mr. McCabe based on Mr. Howoritz’s conclusions. His attorneys have denied any wrongdoing. Mr. McCabe said he would refuse to accept a plea deal.
Still have faith in Barr to punishment DEMS that break the law?
Really?
What is there to “mull over”?
Now he is suing for wrongful termination and his right to free speech.
Barr is NOT on our side. Isn’t it obvious?
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Yes, there’s nothing to “mull over.” The evidence against McCabe and friends, is only surpassed by the stench of their corruption. Barr included, it now seems.
4 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
Barr had to quickly go to the Ukraine AFTER Giuliani came back with evidence of DEM corruption. I no longer trust Barr to do much of anything – he may indict and prosecute LOW LEVEL grunts at most.
Surprise me, Barr! I am getting impatient with these endless investigations that never materialize into indictments and prosecutions and documents that Trump wanted released not released. I am also very uncomfortable with your chummy relationship with corrupt Wray who now heads the FBI.
4 years ago
One of the many Deep State anti-Americans who lied.
4 years ago
So when is something going to be done? Stop talking, we have enough evidence to arrest these slime, so do it. NOW. Or are they waiting for the statute of limitations to expire.
4 years ago
It’s not a SWAMP, it’s a SEWER!
4 years ago
I’ll eagerly be awaiting the perp walk for this lying criminal.
4 years ago
Despite the hyperventilation, this is actually very old news.
4 years ago
