S. Maturin

McCabe was under fire at the time for donations his wife received from Virginia Gov. McAuliffe, a close Clinton friend


Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe / Getty Images

BY: Susan Crabtree
November 3, 2017 6:30 pm

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe recused himself from the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server just one week before the p**********l e******n, according to new Justice Department records obtained by Judicial Watch, a government watchdog.

McCabe sent a brief email, dated Nov. 1, 2016, to fellow senior FBI officials, in which he formally recused himself from the Clinton email investigation, which the FBI code-named "Mid-year."

"As of today I am voluntarily recusing myself from the ongoing Mid Year investigation," he wrote in the email. "I will continue to respond to congressional requests for historical information as necessary."
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Judicial Watch obtained the email and other related documents through Freedom of Information Act litigation.

During the campaign and in the months since, President Donald Trump, conservative groups, and several Republicans lawmakers criticized McCabe for failing to recuse himself from the FBI's probe into Clinton's private email server after media reports that the 2015 state Senate campaign of McCabe's wife received $675,000 from two groups either run by or closely associated with Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

The $675,000 amounted to nearly 40 percent of the campaign's total funds.

McAuliffe is a close friend of the Clintons and had served on the board of the Clinton Global Initiative.

The groups that contributed to the campaign of McCabe's wife are McAuliffe's political action committee Common Good VA, which gave $452,500 in cash and $15,000 in in-kind donations, and the Virginia Democratic Party, which contributed $207,788 in in-kind donations.

The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General in January announced it would review whether McCabe should have recused himself from the Clinton email investigation, which began in July 2015, and whether he may have violated the Hatch Act's prohibition against FBI agents campaigning in partisan races.

Judicial Watch also obtained an internal FBI document that provided an overview of issues related to calls for McCabe's recusal and suggested talking points "to inform discussions with employees or interested parties in the community."

The document, dated Oct. 24, cites a front-page Wall Street Journal article published the same day that detailed potential conflict-of-interests involving McCabe and his wife's campaign.

The document argued that the Journal's timeline of events related to McCabe and the FBI's investigation into Clinton's email server makes "invalid associations between the events."

It asserted that McCabe didn't have any oversight of the investigation into the email server during his wife's failed state senate campaign, which ended Nov. 3, 2015.

"It was not until he assumed the position of deputy director in February 2016 that he had oversight of the investigation, well after her political campaign had concluded," the document states.

The document also stated that McCabe became deputy FBI director in February 2016 and began overseeing the Clinton investigation at that time.

If asked if McCabe played any role in his wife's campaign, the document said the response should be: "No. Then-[Assistant Director] McCabe played no role, attended no events and did not participate in fundraising or support of any kind."

In June 2017, Circa News reported that social media photos show "McCabe wearing a t-shirt supporting his wife's campaign during a public event and then posting a photo on social media urging v**ers to join him in v****g for his wife."

After President Trump ousted FBI Director James Comey May 9, McCabe became acting director before returning to the position of deputy director once the Senate confirmed Christopher Wray’s nomination to lead the agency in early August.

Trump has repeatedly targeted McCabe for his alleged conflicts of interest in the Clinton email probe. In late July, as part of his criticisms of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Trump tweeted, "Problem is that acting head of the FBI & the person in charge of the Hillary investigation, Andrew McCabe, got $700,000 from [Hillary Clinton] for wife!"

Trump did not point out that it was actually McAuliffe and the Virginia Democratic Party that provided the donations, not Hillary Clinton.

The FBI did not respond to a request for comment." -Washington Free Beacon, source.

Babsan

DNC has been a crime syndicate that was formed in the 50's by going to bed with the C*******ts.From there on it just got called out when their Main Criminal lost the e******n.If she would have won none of this would be exposed for the public to see.This is why the Queen of CORRUPTION IS BEYOND LIVID

S. Maturin

Yes, and there's some indication the chummy arrangement between the democrats and c*******ts actually went further back than the 1950s. Both groups seek the destruction of liberty, freedom, and anything resembling democratic government. So, they're "buddes", BFF..

Babsan

You are correct.Seems that their alliance began in the 40's

Mikeyavelli

Yes, the intellectual left wanted Russia to sweep across Europe and live as one big happy country. They are still bitter that America stopped Russia in Berlin. Europe didn't want to rebuild under the Marshall Plan, they wanted what they considered an easier way, C*******m.
The international left is still trying to reverse the results of any war fought and won by America.
Now, Russia is a sovereign obstacle to the left, as well as the United States. That's why they attack both , and try to stir up a war between the two.
Globalism cannot occur with two powerful nations rejecting it. Obama tried, but, well, Trump Happens.

S. Maturin

Reading about the attacks on our soldiers in Europe- Germany/France- weeks, months, after the end of the war had me wondering about why they hell would there be so many resisting being freed?

Some folks resist liberty and freedom and they often come to positively H**E those who love liberty and freedom.

Mikeyavelli

We aren't called the ugly Americans because we aren't good looking. We had the audacity to win a war twice that had Europe defeated. Thus the rise of existentialism and the international left.
Europe is willing to submit to any stronger will other than the United States, to which they must submit. Thus their spiteful embrace of Islam, the only group willing to attack the United States. Europe is mourning the loss of their empire after WW1. They are still bitter over WW2. They would rather be dominated than second best on their own.