Posted on 02/14/2020 9:46:20 AM PST by SkyPilot
Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether he lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news media disclosure, McCabe’s legal team said Friday.
The decision resolves a criminal investigation that spanned more than a year and began with a referral from the Justice Department’s inspector general, which said McCabe repeatedly lied about having authorized a subordinate to share information with a newspaper reporter for a 2016 article about an FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation.
McCabe’s lawyers said in a statement they were told in a phone call and letter that the case is closed and “no charges will be brought against him based on the facts.”
McCabe, a frequent target of attacks from President Donald Trump, has denied that he intentionally misled anyone. He has said his 2018 firing — for what the Justice Department called “lack of candor” — was politically motivated. He sued the Justice Department in August, saying officials had used the inspector general’s conclusions as a pretext to rid the FBI of leaders Trump perceived as biased against him.
In a letter on Friday, prosecutors told McCabe’s lawyers that they decided “not to pursue criminal charges against your client” after careful consideration.
“Based on the totality of the circumstances and all of the information known to the government at this time, we consider the matter closed,” said the letter, signed by the chief of the U.S. attorney’s office’s public corruption unit.
The decision was revealed at the week of startling tensions between Trump and the Justice Department over the treatment of one of the Republican president’s longtime allies and confidants, Roger Stone.
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It’s not over until the fat lady sings
Interesting that Barr admonished Trump not to tweet so much, then came up with this doozie the very next day.
“Is it possible McCabe flipped and they are letting him off for his fibs?”
Delusions, time to face reality.
The letter of freedom to McCabe’s lawyers was from the DOJ.
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1228367318536871936
No Justice, No Tweet!
True.
And it's also worth noting that the McCabe leak and lie wasn't really against Trump. It actually hurt Hillary and the Obama DOJ.
Please stop posting that nonsense about Chris Christie. I was his biggest fan when he was governor of New Jersey, but that was the limit of my tolerance for him.
Trump NEVER wanted Christie as his AG. Christie is an egomaniac and Bush loyalist who burned his bridges with Trump in late October 2016 when he bailed out on Trump in the midst of the "Access Hollywood" debacle.
There's a reason why Chris Christie has basically disappeared from the face of the earth (politically).
I hope Durham is not investigating for the defense instead of the prosecution...
2) Still a potential fact witness in Durham invest and thus still plenty of opportunity for McCabe to freshly perjure himself
3) The other perjury trap is his case against the FBI for back wages based on political motivation - if his attorneys go full stupid and call Trump, Trump's lawyers can cross on McCabe's motivations
4) If MSM reports on any of this -- particularly CNN who hired him to sit atop their mountain of bs -- all it does it eat up a news cycle they would have used to attack President Trump
“So this means the special investigator Durham has no meaning whatsoever?”
There was an article yesterday stating that Durham was looking for Russians. I don’t think any of these people are on our side.
Trust Sessions? Trust Barr? No...trust Jesus.
I fear that Pres. Trump continuing this behavior will lead to the same result for the rest of the coup plotters.
Concern troll I guess but this is very disheartening.
HAIL HYDRA...
Entertainment, books, movies etc tell us the truth with fantasy added. There is a group within all governments that fights “the light and the good”. There is also a group within all governments that fights for the light and the right. Guess who is always winning?
“ One wonders how long this nation lasts now”
It lasts until the next significant economic crisis. Revolutions do not happen until people cannot get food to eat, water to drink and money to pay the bills.
The problem is, what is by far most likely to replace it is a Leftist revolution backed by the permantly corrupt government structure. Heil, comrade.
Yup, and how DARE the President tweet about that!
1001% correct.
Thank you for the link. I think highly of Diana West already, and can’t wait to dig in.
Yes, Liu and Rosenstein are Deep State. So why were they for McCabe being prosecuted on his lie about a leak??
As I pointed out in another post, McCabe's leak and lie wasn't really against Trump. It actually hurt Hillary and the Obama DOJ.
So given that...
I am so angry about General Flynn. What a farce.
Of this I have no doubt, except the State has the same creatures mewling to take their place. This is a spiritual battle, and it isn’t over until it’s over.
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