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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.

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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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To: TheTimeOfMan

He’s going to be a witness. We are going to see a few more of these before the show begins. I trust Trump and believe right now the table is being set for Dunham and the trigger will be us taking back Congress. Then they will turn Nunes loose.


421 posted on 02/15/2020 8:15:26 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Operation Chaos is in play. Repeat, Operation Chaos is in play)
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To: miliantnutcase
Like I said all along, Barr has a good poker face and puts on a good show, but he has Swamp Snake DNA in his blood , same as Durham

these people are like the police, and all of overnment they are not out to protect and defend us, they are out to protect their own kind. Durham FISA case will go nowhere its another show trial

422 posted on 02/15/2020 8:53:17 AM PST by KTM rider ( .......than to post and remove all doubt)
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To: SkyPilot

Justice served. Now let’s make sure Stone dies in jail./s


423 posted on 02/15/2020 8:56:24 AM PST by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: SkyPilot
My son keeps telling me about all those "secret indictments" that are going to happen any minute now.. I don't believe that bull, but I do believe Barr to be one of the good guys.. My friends, the swamp is wide and it is deep...
There's an old saying.. How do you eat an elephant?? The answer, one bite at a time..
424 posted on 02/15/2020 9:06:14 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! if you can keep it....)
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To: SkyPilot

No question, we are up against some very destructive and dangerous criminal activity.


425 posted on 02/15/2020 11:07:10 AM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: patriotfury

Let’s see what happens to the Bidens.


426 posted on 02/15/2020 11:33:47 AM PST by miserare ( Trump, forever and ever. Amen.)
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To: miserare
Let’s see what happens to the Bidens.

Don't worry Sen. Linda Gramnesty is going to get right on it! /sarc

427 posted on 02/15/2020 11:35:44 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

You give me hope...NOT!


428 posted on 02/15/2020 11:41:12 AM PST by miserare ( Trump, forever and ever. Amen.)
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To: patriotfury
A guy, but gals are welcome to use it.

d":^)

429 posted on 02/15/2020 2:18:55 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll < hardly miss it and it will help.)
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To: patriotfury

I don’t know. Wish someone else had chimed in.


430 posted on 02/15/2020 2:20:14 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll < hardly miss it and it will help.)
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To: SkyPilot

We have lost our republic and NO amount of elections will fix what is broke.


431 posted on 02/16/2020 1:57:18 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: DoodleDawg

I hope Barr had given thought as to what he will be doing after government service.


Like starting today.....


432 posted on 02/16/2020 2:03:03 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: SkyPilot

“Barr cried to ABC News yesterday, and “bravely” stated that no one would “intimidate” him from “doing my job.””

He’s doing his job, the job of Deep State Swamp Creature protecting democrat crimes and corruption.


433 posted on 02/16/2020 2:35:50 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

See: Mena Airport meeting with billy boy cokenose clinton. The Reagan unravelling GHWBush one term presidency of a former ceeee eye ehhhh director and so called “china hand” (what a freaking joke— like GHWB was really a “Taipan! hah).

Please clap “Jeb”. Is there nobody who can be found who is not “owned” by this cabal?

McCabe is a GD CRIMINAL! This is a small part of the bad cop’s actions. Or... the trashing of Barr is an essential part of the deconstruction of Trump by the elite powers that be that are trying to take him down. We should be hearing from Giuliani on Ukraine... and have. But press is suppressing all of it.

Thanks all for keeping a sharp eye on Barr. It may be that as he gets closer to “indictments” (and he’s not a young man) he gets cold feet. Remember- Trump gave him security clearance in re: FISA. If that is left intact then we know it is all just.... jive.


434 posted on 02/16/2020 3:35:04 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

See: Mena Airport meeting with billy boy cokenose clinton. The Reagan unravelling GHWBush one term presidency of a former ceeee eye ehhhh director and so called “china hand” (what a freaking joke— like GHWB was really a “Taipan! hah). Barr was there— as part of the Bush admin Asst. Atty General under....(?) for Bush. God do we ever need Reagan, if only.

Please clap “Jeb”. Is there nobody who can be found who is not “owned” by this cabal?

McCabe is a GD CRIMINAL! This is a small part of the bad cop’s actions. Or... the trashing of Barr is an essential part of the deconstruction of Trump by the elite powers that be that are trying to take him down. We should be hearing from Giuliani on Ukraine... and have. But press is suppressing all of it.

Thanks all for keeping a sharp eye on Barr. It may be that as he gets closer to “indictments” (and he’s not a young man) he gets cold feet. Remember- Trump gave him security clearance in re: FISA. If that is left intact then we know it is all just.... jive.


435 posted on 02/16/2020 3:37:00 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: SkyPilot; Chode

Replace that scumbag’s name with Mine, Yours or even
My old Dog named Stomach Sad Sack.

Now how fast would any of US LAST before We were tossed into a ddep dark pit...


436 posted on 02/16/2020 6:17:24 AM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: kempster

>>So this means the special investigator Durham has no meaning whatsoever?<<

I will go along with the notion that this is a separate case than the one Durham is investigating. I will wait to see the results of his investigation...but I’m getting pretty cynical
regarding this government.

It is corrupt...no doubt, but I’m still holding hope this will all turn around...we will see.


437 posted on 02/16/2020 6:23:20 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: mabarker1; Chode
Yup.

And then, I told them I wasn't even going to charge McCabe!


438 posted on 02/16/2020 6:24:48 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; mabarker1

we’re screwed


439 posted on 02/16/2020 7:33:26 AM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: SkyPilot

I wonder what kind of dirt the commie and Nazi lefties found on Barr. Must be something pretty serious. They flipped him in a New Yawk minute.


440 posted on 02/16/2020 10:09:54 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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