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US closes case against ex-FBI boss McCabe with no charges
AP News ^ | 14 Feb 20 | ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adealwasmade; barr; deepstate; durham; fixisin; gitmo; mccabe; q; qanon; qisnonsense; spygate; trump; trustbarr; trustdurham; trustsessions; trusttheplan; unsealed; why
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381 posted on 02/14/2020 10:03:10 PM PST by missthethunder
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To: SkyPilot

Surprise,surprise,surprise!


382 posted on 02/14/2020 10:05:57 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: caww

“This swamp and cabal isn’t going down easy by any means...”

Tonight I heard one of Hannity’s guests say there are 115,000 people working in the DOJ! I’m still trying to wrap my head around that.

I think we need to accept the fact that although he’s the boss on paper, he probably feels more like a soldier behind enemy lines.

115,000 people and you’re the new boss, come to clean house. It would literally take years just to go around and shake everyone’s hand, much less figure out who needs firing and fire them.

I think President Trump will need every bit of his eight years to make a dent in the deep state.


383 posted on 02/14/2020 10:16:19 PM PST by enumerated
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To: SkyPilot

You may have already seen this regarding McCabe, but check this out —

https://mobile.twitter.com/Barnes_Law/status/1228481382503968768


384 posted on 02/14/2020 10:30:56 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: DoughtyOne

Great little MAGA hat guy! Or are we looking at a gal...?


385 posted on 02/14/2020 10:37:01 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: DoughtyOne

You may have already seen this, but check this out regarding McCabe —

https://mobile.twitter.com/Barnes_Law/status/1228481382503968768

Is this true?


386 posted on 02/14/2020 10:40:23 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: SkyPilot

Sad this sack of criminal crap gets to walk ........ doom on him and his kind.


387 posted on 02/14/2020 10:42:38 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: littleharbour

Just think how the last 3 years would have gone had Trump appointed a competent loyalist as AG in January 2017, with a mandate to completely clear out all Obama loyalists and swamp rats from the DOJ, FBI, CIA and NSC. If he is able to overcome the media and Democrat fraud and win in November, his priority has to be to drain the 90% of the Swamp that is still untouched. And this includes the clearly biased group of prosecuting attorneys that appear to be a law unto themselves.

Yea just think! McCabe would have been in Jail, As would Comey and Strzok, Page, Clapper, Brennan Hillary Obama, and President Trump would not have been impeached!


388 posted on 02/14/2020 10:47:05 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: enumerated

“Tonight I heard one of Hannity’s guests say there are 115,000 people working in the DOJ! “

And many of them live and vote in Virginia. Getting rid of them will help in two ways: 1)ease the corruption in DOJ, and 2) remove leftist voters from Virginia.


389 posted on 02/14/2020 11:21:00 PM PST by Swirl
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To: srmanuel; Openurmind; caww; All

Does this mean that Barr is not doing what Trump wants, or that Trump also talks a good game???


390 posted on 02/14/2020 11:29:17 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: SkyPilot

Was there a quid pro quo in this case?


391 posted on 02/15/2020 1:45:48 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: patriotfury
#384 thanks for that link. So the same Federal DOJ rat who let McCabe walk also let the Awan cabal that worked IT spying and coverup for Congress Scum Debbie Wasserman-Shultz.

Wow.

Did you see this comment from another lawyer on the link?

In our 55+ years in DC @Barnes_Law, there's one axiom we hold to. If a Federal investigation stalls, is deflected, or slow-rolled...it's due to the target having MORE dirty laundry than the government wants exposed, or they cut a deal. EVERY time.

May Bagpipes Barr reap what he sows.


392 posted on 02/15/2020 2:45:51 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: WWG1WWA
Durham will bring the pain.


393 posted on 02/15/2020 2:49:02 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: teletech
Big things coming says Hannity. Is he right?

There's always a chance, of course.

But I believe that Hannity's role is that of hyper-active cheerleader, nothing more.

I cannot name one "Bombshell!" or "Tick-Tock!" blowhard promise of "Justice coming soon!" that he has been spewing in the last 3 years that came true.


394 posted on 02/15/2020 2:52:36 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: CincyRichieRich
I Can Only Imagine how President Trump feels like an island sometimes. The incredible frustration he must feel realizing that no matter how big he thought the swamp was each time he has proven wrong that is actually bigger. I really do hate this.

My wife and I were lamenting the same thing last evening.

We did what we felt we could do, we prayed for the President and his family.


395 posted on 02/15/2020 2:55:02 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: All

As soon as this guy’s wife received all that cash from McAuliffe and Hillary’s friends for her “campaign”, he knew he was on the inside and immune.


396 posted on 02/15/2020 3:01:36 AM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: caww
....Hang on a bit more....because every time doubt hits, there is always something happening that brings it back...​Bigger things in the works than McCabe.

Yes, we all want the same thing caww - justice for the coup plotters, thieves, and D.C. criminals.

A lot of hope poured into Durham.

While I would love to pour my hope on yet another leaky vessel longtime DOJ prosecutor, I simply won't.

McCabe was the small fish. The chum. Even if Durham were to indict Comey and Brennan (larger fish), I believe he will never, ever indict the head players in the coup: Obama, Hillary, Soros.

Especially not with Barr in charge of DOJ. No way.

And even IF Comey, Strzok, Page, and Brennan were charged with something, and Hillary, Hussein, and Palpatine Soros were allowed to skate, I will never accept the frying of the small fish as "justice." Ever.

397 posted on 02/15/2020 3:04:58 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth
What next? An asteroid? Oh, wait...

Lol. 2029, right?

398 posted on 02/15/2020 3:09:55 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

Yet another A$$HOLE Attorney General!


399 posted on 02/15/2020 3:11:42 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: who knows what evil?
Trust Sessions? Trust Barr? No...trust Jesus.

Amen.


400 posted on 02/15/2020 3:18:25 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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