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McCabe just made life tough for Comey and the special counsel
The Hill ^ | Jonathan Turley

Posted on 03/17/2018 10:05:22 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Following his termination late Friday night, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe declared that he was “singled out” after “unrelenting” attacks by President Trump and critics. McCabe’s objections are less than credible, given the virtually unprecedented recommendation of career officials to fire the one-time acting FBI director.

However, McCabe may have rectified his “singled out” status with his long statement criticizing his termination: In the middle of it is a line that could be viewed as incriminating fired FBI director James Comey, not just in leaking sensitive information but also in lying to Congress.

McCabe is accused of misleading investigators about allegedly giving information to a former Wall Street Journal reporter about the investigation of Hillary Clinton and the Clinton family’s charitable foundation. McCabe asserts in his post-firing statement that he not only had authority to “share” that information to the media but did so with the knowledge of “the director.” The FBI director at the time was Comey.

“I chose to share with a reporter through my public affairs officer and a legal counselor,” McCabe stated. “As deputy director, I was one of only a few people who had the authority to do that. It was not a secret, it took place over several days, and others, including the director, were aware of the interaction with the reporter.”

If the “interaction” means leaking the information, then McCabe’s statement would seem to directly contradict statements Comey made in a May 2017 congressional hearing. Asked if he had “ever been an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation” or whether he had “ever authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports about the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation,” Comey replied “never” and “no.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: comey; coup; deepstate; fbi; jamescomey; lisapage; mccabe; mccabecomey; mccabefired; mccabestatement; notbreaking; peterstrzok; robertmueller; sidebarabuse
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To: miserare

Coffins and vaults, not orange jump suits.

If progs ever regain power there will be pardons.

Dead men not only tell no tales, they can’t be pardoned


41 posted on 03/17/2018 11:00:36 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: napscoordinator

Good! Let the footsie-playing Soft-R’s take note!


42 posted on 03/17/2018 11:01:02 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: jjotto

“Deep State DOJ IG and OPR throw McCabe under the bus to protect Comey?”

It sounds like McCabe may be pissed enough to roll over on the lot of them. It could have been strategic to nail him first.


43 posted on 03/17/2018 11:06:33 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: napscoordinator

He’s guilty. The difference between Obama and the President? Trump doesn’t care what party you are. Obama covered up crimes.

It is no wonder that McCabe is pissed. He just lost the better part of $1.8 million. Might even have to sell his house to pay his legal bills. Comey is cashing book royalty checks and going on the talk circuit. Comey is raking in the dough and McCabe is out of a job with no pension. Hey he still has a red Porsche.


44 posted on 03/17/2018 11:13:40 AM PDT by kaintucky
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To: napscoordinator
A few have offered him federal jobs so he can get his extra two days needed for full retirement. I wonder how this will turn out. If he’s pissed at the president, can you blame him? Most people I know who are fired are bitter towards the person doing the firing. We’re all human.

I believe his retirement at age 50 with at least 20 years service was based on a special provision for law enforcement officials. He could not qualify for reemployment in a law enforcement capacity because of his dismissal for cause. If he were to be employed in a non law enforcement capacity, he would need to meet a different requirement. Two days employment as a clerk would not qualify him.

45 posted on 03/17/2018 11:17:05 AM PDT by etcb
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To: vigilence
Exactly.

They are now paying the price for changing their job descriptions from "law enforcement personnel" to "political operative" ... because any protections they had in their jobs as FBI agents doesn't stand up to legal scrutiny once the facts are out in the open.

McCabe would still be a senior leader in the FBI today if he had functioned as a law enforcement officer instead of a political operative.

46 posted on 03/17/2018 11:22:10 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: Dutch Boy

Exactly. Well said.

What is so frightening about these people is that they claim their cause is just, that anything they do is justified whether it is illegal or not.


47 posted on 03/17/2018 11:24:03 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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To: JonPreston

If ever there was evidence of the mindset of the entitled left it’s McCabe’s meltdown. They thought they owned all three branches of government, including the electoral process. Thank god for Trump.


well said


48 posted on 03/17/2018 11:39:59 AM PDT by samtheman (LetÂ’s elect as many Republicans as possible in 2018)
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To: RoosterRedux

McCabe is gone.

Now, hopefully, everyone can settle down and get back to the country’s business including indictments for the criminals. And that is a long list and it includes McCabe.


49 posted on 03/17/2018 11:41:10 AM PDT by upchuck (Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
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To: napscoordinator

McCabe is not nor ever has been a Republican. Mueller ceased being one years ago, long before he started conspiring with Neo-Soviets like Brennan.


50 posted on 03/17/2018 11:44:58 AM PDT by dangus (.)
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To: bk1000

It sounds like McCabe may be pissed enough to roll over on the lot of them. It could have been strategic to nail him first.


Nice to see the strategizing if that is true.


51 posted on 03/17/2018 11:45:54 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: RoosterRedux

Here is the paragraphs that speak to Comey being incriminated.

McCabe asserts in his post-firing statement that he not only had authority to “share” that information to the media but did so with the knowledge of “the director.” The FBI director at the time was Comey.

I chose to share with a reporter through my public affairs officer and a legal counselor,” McCabe stated. “As deputy director, I was one of only a few people who had the authority to do that. It was not a secret, it took place over several days, and others, including the director, were aware of the interaction with the reporter.

If the “interaction” means leaking the information, then McCabe’s statement would seem to directly contradict statements Comey made in a May 2017 congressional hearing. Asked if he had “ever been an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation” or whether he had “ever authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports about the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation,” Comey replied “never” and “no.”


52 posted on 03/17/2018 11:52:45 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Alberta's Child
McCabe would still be a senior leader in the FBI today if he had functioned as a law enforcement officer instead of a political operative.

Roger that. I don't think he has any political smarts. If he did, he would told his wife to not run for VA senate until he retired a few years later. However, I suspect she wouldn't have received any PAC funding after he retired..

53 posted on 03/17/2018 11:59:12 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: Guenevere
They had it in the bag....all sewn up!
Or so they thought!

That is the biggest weakness of the Left and the one we may be able to use to bring our Republic back.

They have overstepped their bounds as they think they own enough of the levers of power to be out in the open with their lawbreaking but they aren't there yet. If we real Americans now go for the throat we can now stop them. Their necks are stretched out and we can chop the head off.

54 posted on 03/17/2018 11:59:26 AM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: napscoordinator
Yeah well RINOS are really Democrats. Just like this guy:

Republican Rep. Charlie Dent (Pa.) said Saturday that the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Friday looked to be a "vindictive" move by the president.

55 posted on 03/17/2018 12:06:26 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: miniTAX

“If Sessions was up to the task, McCabe would not be right now publicly trashing the President and bitching about his lost pension but instead begging for less years in a federal prison.”

This ^^

Sessions, rosenstein and mueller need to be gone yesterday.


56 posted on 03/17/2018 12:09:16 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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To: kenmcg
Yes. The fact that he is fired does not in the least preclude him from being indicted for criminal charges. If only the DoJ has the starch to follow through...
57 posted on 03/17/2018 12:09:48 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Electric Graffiti

Actually, contrary to the Free Republic groupthink we see the traps and are merely waiting for Sessions to give the order to spring them in an order predetermined to kill the most vermin


58 posted on 03/17/2018 12:13:29 PM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: Robert DeLong
Dent is a self limited lame duck iirc. Like Flake, he has decided to bail so he can trash Trump without worry about the next election. The hate must run deep in these guys.
59 posted on 03/17/2018 12:16:11 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: RoosterRedux

All double speak. Comey didn’t “authorize” it because he said to McCabe “you can authorize it yourself”. these guys are dishonorable frauds. McCabe says he was 100% honest. IG says he lied under oath and OPR said fire him. Both sides can’t be right.


60 posted on 03/17/2018 12:16:38 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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