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Report: Trump Asked McCabe About Who He Voted For While Sessions Recently Pushed Wray To Fire Him [Updated]

donald_trump_president-elect_portrait_croppedMcCabeSeveral sources are being cited for a story this morning that President Donald Trump asked Andrew McCabe, then the acting Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation, who he had voted for in the presidential election.  If true, it would be another highly inappropriate question for a president to ask an FBI official.  Such questions undermine the apolitical status of our law enforcement officials. Indeed, for those concerned about
“Deep State” political bias, the last thing that we want is for officials to be actively questioned about their voting in elections — compromising the sanctity of the voting booth for all citizens.  In the meantime, media outlets are also reporting that Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire McCabe.  While the White House denies that Wray threatened to resign, such an effort would show a remarkably long learning curve for this Administration. Update: President Trump says that he does not recall asking McCabe who he voted for in the presidential election.

The questioning of McCabe and the push to fire McCabe would not be a crime but it would raise serious questions about the level of control and discipline in the White House after a year of flailing around from controversy to controversy.  There would not likely be a Russian investigation if Trump had not fired Comey. Indeed, I was one of those who questioned the need for a Special Counsel until Trump took this step (and made comments that undermined his own decision).  That is why I supported the establishment of the Special Counsel investigation.

If McCabe was asked to reveal who he voted for, he should have raised the issue with the Attorney General.  Moreover, it is the duty of the FBI Director and/or the Attorney General to then raise the matter with the White House in the strongest terms as an inappropriate inquiry.  This would be a very serious transgression on long-standing traditions in this country as well as the protections afforded to civil servants,

Now, it is being reported that Jeff Sessions sought to fire the second in command (who is scheduled to retire in March).  What concerns me is whether there was anyone in the room who explained how unlikely it would be for Wray to take such an action and how damaging such a request would be for the White House.  The reports indicate that the White House Counsel was a party to this ill-conceived effort, but then allegedly told Sessions to back off when Wray strongly objected to the effort.  I am still hoping that the White House will deny the entirety of the story, but this is an unsettling allegations after so many missteps by this Administration.

As for the alleged questioning of McCabe, it would be a gratuitous as it is damaging for the White House. The damage is more political than legal however.  Firing McCabe would not have any material impact on the Russian investigation and it is clear that Trump was responding to his view of a Deep State opposition to his Administration.  I supported the congressional investigations into some of these controversies surrounding the FBI but this would be another ham-handed way of addressing these allegations.

What do you think?

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  3. Four of the CONSPIRATORS in the Lincoln assassination were executed within three months.

    What sentence awaits the conspirators of a coup d’etat in America?

    2. You mean, the coup by which Russia installed a puppet regime in Washington, so as to eliminate sanctions and give Russia a free hand in eastern and central Europe?

  4. The Obama Administration’s ‘Brazen Plot To Exonerate Hillary Clinton’ Starting To Leak Out,
    A former federal prosecutor says the truth is starting to seep out about the Obama Administration’s “brazen plot to exonerate Hillary Clinton” and “frame an incoming president with a false Russian conspiracy,” according to an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller News Foundation.

    Joe diGenova, a former federal prosecutor, connects the dots on former Obama administration Justice Department and FBI officials who may have “violated the law, perhaps committed crimes” to politicize law enforcement and surveillance against political opponents.

    He says former FBI Director James Comey conducted a fake criminal investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as they “followed none of the regular rules, gave her every break in the book, immunized all kinds of people, allowed the destruction of evidence, with no grand jury, no subpoenas, no search warrants. That’s not an investigation. That’s a Potemkin village. It’s a farce.”

    DiGenova condemned the FBI for working so closely with the controversial Fusion GPS, a political hit squad paid by the DNC and Clinton campaign to create and spread the discredited Steele dossier about President Donald Trump. Without a justifiable law enforcement or national security reason, he says, the FBI “created false facts so that they could get surveillance warrants. Those are all crimes.” He adds, using official FISA-702 “queries” and surveillance was done “to create a false case against a candidate, and then a president.”

    In this highly detailed video interview, he holds up an unreported April 2017 99-page FISA court opinion that “describes systematic and on-going violations of the law [by the FBI and their contractors using unauthorized disclosures of raw intelligence on Americans]. This is stunning stuff.”

    DiGenova thinks Fusion GPS and Crowdstrike, the DNC’s private security firm, were among the redacted contractors of the FBI.

    House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, who knows who the redacted contractors were, may release more information.

    Was Fusion GPS pitching and funding journalists to run smear and propaganda campaigns for the Democrats? DiGenova says journalists were definitely paid by Fusion GPS. If it is true, he says, “it’s the complete antithesis of American journalism and the first amendment.”

    “Law enforcement is being corrupted and media is being bought,” portends badly he says. Noting the elite media’s supposed outrage about governmental power and institutions during Watergate, diGenova says “the only thing the American journalism community seems to care about now is destroying Donald Trump.”

    In the video interview, diGenova discusses the heroism of NSA Admiral Mike Rogers who briefed Trump when he was president-elect, on Nov. 17, 2016 about the controversial governmental surveillance. This resulted, he says, in Trump’s presidential transition being moving out of Trump Tower to Bedminster, N.J., until it could be debugged.

    The litigator also discusses the Uranium One scandal, the “tainted” Mueller special counsel investigation and the heroism of Nunes, who is under intense pressure from a united Democrat front.

    1. Uh, knock knock…Clinton doesn’t need any “exoneration” as she hasn’t been convicted of anything or even credibly accused of anything criminal.

      This is to “I got out front of even Pravda Faux News didn’t I!” Georgie paulie

      1. Marky Mark Mark = Judicial Watch has gotten NEW classified documents that Hillary sent to Sidney Blumenthal and new documents showing she was warned about her homebrew system by the State Dept. Huma is going to jail and she is taking Hillary with her. You need to keep up.

        1. PCS, FBI texts reveal that Loretta Lynch knew that Comey was going to exonerate Hillary so Lynch made the statement that she would go along with Comey’s decision and not interfere. That is what you call a safe bet. And corruption and abuse of the power of government against the People. Naughty, naughty, Loretta!

            1. Word salad? Great. It means you can derive benefit from it whereas with the comic section of the newspaper you really only end up with lining for your pet’s cage.

  6. Sessions , McCabe , Mueller , Comey and Rosenstein , all are pathetic pieces of S who belong to S.hole countries not to the US!

    2. New commenter, Herb?
      CNN has an interesting analysis of the aberrational twitter surge- hashtag #ReleasetheMemo

  7. Tim roasts Stormy “story” – hey Hilbots – THIS is what Progressives do – call out the bs and focus on issues.

        1. We all know Bill and Hillary’s marriage was unpleasant to say the least but I don’t care about that. Yet you feel the need to wedge yourself into Trump and Melania’s bedroom? Very fundamentalist of you.

          What’s an ochlocrat?

            1. Not sure what you don’t understand this time Ken. Go back and re-read the whole thing. Linda pondered the health of Trump and Melania’s marriage which is none of your, my, or anyone else’s business. Unless you are telling me an ochlocrat is a bedroom in which case nope – you continue to be as wrong as you’ve been since birth kiddo an ochlocrat is not a bedroom.

              1. If Trump is having an affair with a porno star while his wife his pregnant, he certainly isn’t a family man in any Christian sense. So what moral authority does Trump have to impose restrictions on women’s reproductive rights??

                1. Peter Hill, Happy New Year! I thought we lost you. Welcome back.

                  P. S. I presume, without any evidence beyond common sense, that Stormy Daniels used safe and effective contraception at the time of her “alleged” affair with Don Juan di Mar-a-Lago.

                  P. S. S. She would’ve received far more than $130,000 had Don Juan impregnated her.

                  1. In an interview predating Stormy’s widely reported non-disclosure agreement, if I recall correctly, she said Donald didn’t use a condom because she was allergic to latex.

                    1. I think most porn stars get tested for STDs on a regular basis. If Ms. Cliffords had contracted an STD from Trump, I presume that she would have told us about that as well.

          2. Old Hills and Bills look almost as happy in their golden years as Stormy and her Donny.

            1. Barack and Michelle dislike each other too. That’s why they vacation separately and that’s how Obama gets caught on camera in Europe eyeballing underage girls. #BetYouForgotThat

            2. Remember that night Hillary gave one of the 3 campaign speeches she gave in 2016? Bill was behind her, jaw gaping open with that vacant look on his face. He was on his meds that night. No doubt those meds make their so-called marriage much easier on HIldabeast.

          3. Linda didn’t wedge herself in da bedroom. They share no bedroom and da whole world knows it T rump went to Davos alone and da Russian hookers could show up.

                  1. You received your answer a month ago or more. There are no individual ochlocrats. Ohlocracy is mob rule. If you persist at reposing that question ad nauseum, then we will give you The Russian Federation revision of the term “mob rule.”

            2. Why is it your business? Who are you messing around when your wife is at work? Or your husband if you swing that way Ken? How about that website you go to after these blogs, yes THAT website! Does your signif other know what you are looking at over there? So pious and self-righteous Ken yet you are as corrupt at Hillary was when she gave it up to Webb and 9 months later boom Chelsea was born.

              1. Da president of da United States business is da business of da world. They said it at da globalist ball
                Where T rump took an entourage of Goldman Showers boys. MAGA DAVOS

                1. So you can see into the future? If the President’s business is the business of the whole world then explain why it was cool for Bill Clinton to pull a Weinstein on Monica.

    2. I haven’t heard a progressive, liberal, whatever you people call yourselves on any given day, discuss a real issue intelligently in a generation. Every point you make is a monotone repeat of what LBJ was saying way back when.

        1. Diane – ear plugs are far more effective than tampons, or haven’t you learned that yet? 😉

  8. Andrew McCabe reminds me of the outlaw Sundown. His clothes were all dark & fancy.
    The eyes of Sundown narrowed & read like the devil was there. He wanted to kill old Bill for fun. And add to his list of fame. It’s just 30 feet, both of the men made their play.

    Sundown never fights until the sun is going down & his back is always facing the west.

    Bill Thaxton was an ex-Texas Ranger one of the bravest by far. It’s said that old Bill was the fastest man ever. Bad men all feared him way back in his day but he was now growing old.

    “Tell him that I’m on my way, I’ve never ran and I’ll meet this young man
    at any time of the day.” Bill got there just about sunset. The sun still hung like fire in the sky. In just a few moments out there in the street, old Bill or the outlaw would die. Old Bill emptied his 6-gun & stood there starring ahead, while the outlaw Sundown lay dead in the street.

    1. You hillbilly dupes always crack me up.

      This is to “I once shot a man for snorin’” billie

      1. Marky Mark Mark – for someone who lives in his mother’s basement, you are pretty brave at insulting people. Did you learn that in law school?

  9. “If McCabe was asked to reveal who he voted for, he should have raised the issue with the Attorney General. Moreover, it is the duty of the FBI Director and/or the Attorney General to then raise the matter with the White House in the strongest terms as an inappropriate inquiry. This would be a very serious transgression on long-standing traditions in this country as well as the protections afforded to civil servants”

    Why would McCabe have to answer the question? And, why would he have to go to the AG first? He should just politely respond to the person asking that he does not discuss his voting habits at work in an effort to maintain a nonpartisan, unbiased atmosphere. If the person persisted in asking, then the AG should be consulted.

    2. Prairie Rose, since you effectively answered your own questions, above, I’ll go off topic by observing that there have been no reports about the arson investigation of the fire at Tina Johnson’s home in Gadsden Alabama. So it appears that you were right. The fire was a coincidence. Please call off the 101st Airborne . . . you know–the next time you run into them.

      1. Late4Dinner,
        That is a very strange response.

        It seems you are insinuating that I do not believe that McCabe was asked this inappropriate question. I do believe it. I question the need to go directly to the AG. Deal with the issue directly and forthrightly with the person first. There is no need to involve anyone else at that point. Tattle tale children run to the teacher if there is a whiff of something they don’t like. Why in the world should McCabe, a grown man, act that way?

        Being asked who you voted for is not at all the same as an alleged retaliatory arson. Conflating them makes no sense. One is not a crime and the other is.

        I have never said the fire was a coincidence. Also, as far as I know arson investigations take awhile. The drunk problem neighbor seen near Tina Johnson’s house is a prime suspect in my view. Whether he was outright encouraged or paid to start the fire or he was just mad about the loss and blamed her and acted independently, we do not know. That is what an investigation is for.

        1. Prairie Rose, when you put it that way, my response makes no sense to me, either. How do you like them apples? It was supposed to be a non-sequitur by way of going “off-topic.” I presumed that you took the issue of the inappropriate question Trump posed to McGabe seriously. I have no objection to your position on that issue.

          As for the coincidence between the fire at Tina Johnson’s house and Tina Johnson having been one of Roy Moore’s accusers, I suppose that I might’ve floated that possibility. It was more than a month ago or so. Wasn’t it? In any case, there have been no reports about any retaliation against any of Moore’s other accusers. So it’s up to me to call off the 101st Airborne–just so soon as I run into them.

  10. After all is said and done the Clintons,the Obama administration, MSM and the Dems should be booked in Vegas as the greatest illusionist of all time. I’m sure there will a place for them in the Magic Hall of Fame for illusionist of 2017. Hopefully soon their work will be described in detail to all Americans and hopefully all Americans will have sense enough to realize they have been taken by the greatest illusion of American politics.

  12. Given the evidence condemning the upper echelon of the FBI as corrupt while it conducts illegal activities to debase and subvert the U.S. President, the investigation of Special Prosecutor Mueller must be halted as a tainted exercise of sedition. There is no solution to the problems at the FBI other than prosecution and impeachment of its highest officials.

    1. “Given the evidence condemning the upper echelon of the FBI as corrupt”

      You accidentally left out “lack of” out of your sentence as in “Given the LACK OF evidence….”

      That correction would make it factually accurate.

    2. Yes, it is necessary to replace all upper and mid level (and maybe workerbee level) FBI employees, with ones who will pledge personal loyal to to Da Donald and his family, above Constitutional or legal concerns. The FBI must become the Trump administration’s personal political police force. Geheime Staatspolizei.

  13. ” I am still hoping that the White House will deny the entirety of the story, ”

    A denial from Trump would settle everything because he never lies!”
    (I need a sarcasm emoji)

      1. Enigma, until you get sarc/emoji, you’ll just have to go typographical ~ 🙁

  14. Let’s impeach and convict the U.S. President for talking about current events with employees and allow the

    FBI/Obama/Hillary/Deep State coup d’etat in America to progress unhindered to its conclusion.

  15. “What do I think”? Here is someone who really does not understand our system of government and who doesn’t care to learn, either, because that would be an admission that he’s not the smartest, bestest in the world. He admitted firing Comey because of the Russia investigation and that set off investigation into obstruction of justice. That was 100% his own fault, but he doesn’t understand that or accept blame, because he can never, ever be wrong. He doesn’t understand that the FBI is not his personal private investigation agency, or that the FBI owes a duty to the American people to investigate criminal activities. They don’t owe him anything. Therefore, if there is evidence that he committed a crime, the FBI has a duty to investigate him. It is totally inappropriate to ask for a pledge of loyalty or to ask an agent how he voted. There is no basis for attacking the fine professional career FBI agents, other than they are investigating Trump, who attacks anyone who doesn’t kiss his ring.

    My more overarching concern is resurrection of the tactic he employed to win the Electoral College, which his minions have dreamed up to cast doubt on the integrity of the FBI and the Russia investigation. When the announcement was made that the FBI was re-examining HRC’s e-mails, that caused certain voters to doubt her fitness for office, helped along, of course, by Fox News. It helped Trump win, so they’re re-deploying this weapon. Fast forward to now, and we have Nunes and his secret memo, which hasn’t been disclosed, but which Fox News and certain Republicans are touting as proof of bias and misconduct on the part of the FBI in investigating Trump, attempting to create a non-existent scandal, just like they did with HRC. They crow about some affair between certain FBI agents and “missing” text messages, plus the fact that Trump was referred to as an “idiot”, a sentiment shared by most Americans, as proof of bias and a flawed investigation. All of this is being done to undermine Mueller’s investigation before it has even concluded or any reports or further indictments have been issued. It concerns me that people could be gullible enough to fall for this twice. Then, again, after reading some of the posts on this blog, I’m becoming shock-proof as to just how gullible people can be.

    1. So it was Trump who masterminded the tactic to have Obama’s FBI examine Hillary’s emails? That is quite an accomplishment.

      1. MistakenPres44,..
        -This calls for another investigation to see how Trump, as a candidate, exerted control over Obama’s DOJ and FBI to influence the course of events related to the email “matter”.😄
        I didn’t realize Trump had that kind of power even before he took office.

        1. LOL! You both nailed it. President Trump is so inside their heads that he could claim squatter’s rights.

      2. Fox has tried to concoct so many HRC scandals, I understand that it’s hard to keep up, but the one I was referring to is the “uranium one” alleged scandal.

    3. “What do I think” Here is someone who really does not understand our system of government and who doesn’t care to learn, either, because that would be an admission that he’s not the smartest, bestest in the world.?

      The irony of your statement is pure comedy. The guy you speak of is the President of the United States, having defeated 16 GOP candidates in the primaries and then Clinton in the general. That latter is currently trying to sell a book explaining how she was the smartest and bestest in the world, yet still lost. Apparently President Trump knows more about how this system works (or doesn’t work) than the professional politicians he ran against and most certainly you.

      1. At this point, it’s a very reasonable question as to whether the trumper knows more about anything than a third grader.

        This is to “I bought into the con too” olly

        1. Marky Mark Mark – you have a low-level job, live in your mom’s basement and are envious of those who have more than you. All you can do is school level insults. I would love to see you get to an adult level insult just once.

      2. HRC won the popular vote. But for an antiquated glitch, she would be President. She was elected to the U.S. Senate and was the Secretary of State. The Russians put fatso into our White House because they have something on him. Maybe more than one thing–who knows? Time will tell.

    4. If there was a group of high level FBI officials using their positions to influence the outcome of an election, there’s a reason for concern.
      If an investigation into this issue finds that 5 months of texts and emails have “disappeared”, that heightens the concern.
      Investigating the Strzok-Page-Baker etc. activities does not take resources away from the Mueller investigation, or impede it in any way.
      The Mueller machine has resourses that far exceed those of any other ongoing investigation, and the activities of other investigative bodies does not change that.
      And making the claim that “All of this is being done to undermine Mueller’s investigation ” won’t make the investigation of high-ranking FBI officials disappear.
      If they are found to have misused their position, it shouldn’t matter if they misused their positions for the benefit of a candidate or a cause that Natacha or anyone else supports; that shouldn’t let them off the hook.
      I mentioned before that these investigations make the Watergate saga look simple and straightforward by comparison.
      The current situation involves foreign actors, multiple agencies, criminal charges involving activities well before the 2016 campaign ( as opposed to the Watergate break-in as the starting point in 1972), and it goes beyond targeting the White House.
      That last factor may be disappointing and disturbing to some people, but investigations and the possible fallout from those investigations aren’t intended to selectively please those who “need” and “want” to see a particular outcome that they desire.

      1. Good post Tom!

        If they are found to have misused their position, it shouldn’t matter if they misused their positions for the benefit of a candidate or a cause that Natacha or anyone else supports; that shouldn’t let them off the hook..but investigations and the possible fallout from those investigations aren’t intended to selectively please those who “need” and “want” to see a particular outcome that they desire.

        That’s exactly the point. For those yawning when someone has concerns about the rule of law, all of us are made less secure in our rights with an abuse of power. If you or your cause benefits from the abuse, just know that at some point, it will be your turn in the barrel.

        1. Thanks, Olly.
          I don’t know what some people expected when the “investigations bandwagons” left the station, but now there’s a desire on the part of some for a much “smaller barrel” that can only accomodate a few selective targets.

      2. I meant to add one more point my last comment.
        Natacha mentioned her belief that Trump “minions” have “dreamed up” ways to question the integrIty of the FBI in order to undercut, or distract from, the Mueller investigation.
        But in her same comment, she seemed to be questioning the integrity of the FBI when they reopened the Hillary email investigation
        It “almost” seems like there’s a belief on her part that questioning the integrity of the FBI is off limits, unless it’s expedient for her to do so.

      3. Haha. Fibbies are such well known socialists.

        This is to “I should get paid by Pravda Faux News” Tommy

        1. Snarky Marky,…
          I see that you’re in a competition to see if you can post the most trite, empty, nonsensical, and bitchiest comments.
          You get credit for for being the leader in that category.
          There was almost a serious exchange I had with you on a rare occasion where you said something with a bit of substance.
          That isn’t your style, so keep in training with what you know best…the junk posts you excel at.
          I don’t know if it would help, but try posting when you’re sober sometime.

        2. Marky Mark Mark – Soros doesn’t pay or contribute to Fox News, so we have to work for free. When you do something you love you do not need to be paid.

    5. Natacha said, “Fast forward to now, and we have Nunes and his secret memo, which hasn’t been disclosed, but which Fox News and certain Republicans are touting as proof of bias and misconduct on the part of the FBI in investigating Trump, attempting to create a non-existent scandal, just like they did with HRC.”

      Once again, Natacha is right. And here’s why: The POTUS can declassify any classified information, at any time, and for any reason. If Trump had classified information proving that the FBI was conducting a partisan witch hunt against him, he could’ve, and would’ve, declassified that information long ago. Trump has not done that. Ergo, no such classified information exists.

      However, since Congressional Republicans cannot declassify any classified information, at any time, nor for any reason, Congressional Republicans can, and currently are, making believe that classified information exists that purportedly proves that the FBI is conducting a partisan political witch hunt against Trump and that they’ve seen it with their own eyes, but that they’re being thwarted in their efforts to release the classified information, itself, since they can only release a mere memo describing and characterizing that classified information, instead.

      So, who is the “deep-state” operative preventing the declassification and public release of the information needed to prove that the FBI is conducting a partisan political witch hunt against Trump? The POTUS. Who is The POTUS? Trump. Ergo, no such classified information exists.

      P. S. They tell me there was a famous exotic dancer, once, who used to perform a remarkably similar act with strategically positioned fans. Can any of you remember her name?

            1. Paul, Cecil B. DeMille gave Sally Rand her stage name when she became an actress. Meanwhile, Gypsy Rose Lee had a sister named June Havoc who was an actress. Their maiden name was Hovick.

  16. “The damage is more political than legal however.”
    ________________________________________

    This whole investigation is political and illegitimate.

    Comrade of the Deep State Rosenstein did not have a CRIME to investigate.

    There will always be “politics” to investigate but Mueller and Rosenstein had no crime.

    The presumption is preposterous that the head of the executive branch cannot hire, direct and fire member

    of that branch.

    The presumption is preposterous that the President cannot hold conversations with any person, inside or

    outside of government, or ask someone whom they voted for.

    Giving illegal orders is a different matter but that did not happen.

    This is all “newspeak” having nothing to do with the logic, reality or the Constitution.

    This is all nutspeak and

    “The damage is more political than legal however.”

    1. “The presumption is preposterous that the head of the executive branch cannot hire, direct and fire member
      of that branch.”

      A President can except when it’s done for a corrupt purpose. If you don’t think so, maybe you should study the history surrounding the Nixon impeachment proceedings. The Saturday Night massacre was the basis for the very first Article of Impeachment (obstruction of justice) which passed the committee and was on its way to passing the House when Nixon resigned.

      2. Rosenstein and Obergurppenfuhrer Mueller engaged in corruption and conspiracy when they proceeded to a special prosecutor with no evidence of a crime.

        There is a mountain of evidence proving corruption and the highest levels of the FBI. Begin your education here:

        On a potential Trump 2016 election victory:

        “I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy’s office – that there’s no way he gets elected – but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk,” Strzok texted on Aug. 15, 2016. “It’s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you’re 40.”

        – Peter Strzok to his paramour Lisa Page in the office of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

        The FBI conspired to subvert the Presidency including establishing an investigation of “nothing there” which was a fraudulent investigation designed to achieve a goal of impeachment.

        Impeachment – 238 v. 193 – good luck with that.

  17. G-Man Andy is damaged goods. McCabe’s wife Jill gets the Clinton money bag.

    Not only was it revealed that a political action group tied to the Clintons had donated $500,000 to first-time candidate Jill for office, but it has been found that Hillary Clinton herself headlined an event to raise money for the PAC that gave the rich donation to Jill the candidate.

    Jill McCabe, as it happens, was the wife of FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, the official in charge of investigating the emails found on Hillary Clinton’s private server when she was Obama’s Secretary of State.

    So, to recap, the wife of the G-man responsible for investigating Hillary Clinton’s email scandal , Jill was the lucky recipient of over $700,000 in donations for her first-time political campaign from a man intimately connected to Bill and Hillary Clinton. And all these donations came prior to the decision by the FBI not to recommend Hillary Clinton’s prosecution for breaking national security laws by storing classified material on an un-secure email server hidden in her home.

    1. Right, so why is JT bitching about Trump asking McCabe a question and Sessions wanting to fire him… all while McCabe continues to serve in his office?!
      Turley is glaringlu biased here. Even more than usual.

    3. You don’t even know what you don’t know. The campaign contribution occurred long before hubby assumed his FBI role.

      This is to “oh, rush forget to mention that part” willie

      1. Marky Mark Mark – he should have recused himself regardless. However, ethics is not in your wheelhouse.

  19. More total lies and BS from Jon Turley, but, to give him the benefit of the doubt, he may merely be an ignoramus. The fact is that FBI and CIA candidates are asked ALL of the time who they voted for, whether they took drugs, and all sorts of personal information. Additionally, these questions are often asked while the candidate is taking a POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION.

    For example, before John Brennan was accepted into the CIA, they asked him who he had voted for and he had to admit that he voted for Gus Hall, the presidential candidate representing the Communist Party. Of course, rather than harming Brennan’s chances of getting admitted to the CIA, it increased them! After all, that meant that Brennan was a Leftist; one of their very own!

    Here’s the story from CNN, which was, of course, very proud that one of their own rose to the top of the CIA to further damage and destroy America from within. https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/john-brennan-cia-communist-vote/index.html

    1. Absolutely! At best it’s just sloppy work, probably with intention. You’d think after reading this article it all happened last week.
      It happened 8 months ago, Turley! McCabe assumed the position of acting FBI Director after Comey was fired. McCabe continued to serve in that position until Wray was sworn in as FBI Director, then McCabe returned (and continues to serve) as the deputy director. That’s the way the system is supposed to work!

      There are only two points that come from this article.
      1. Turley, probably a friend of Comey, is using this non-story as an excuse for his support of a special counsel to investigate a fake Russian conspiracy story.
      2. Turley said “There would not likely be a Russian investigation if Trump had not fired Comey.” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. You’re a riot, Turley! So it’s obvious this article is deception… just what news are you trying to hide?

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