Yes, he was— inasmuch as he was the beneficiary of not being prosecuted by Loretta Lynch for drug money laundering when he was head of security at HSBC. These people are tight as ticks. Comey was held on to keep him in this position, for just such a time as this. McCabe got the nuclear attack, and it toast, and playing these two against each other will be interesting. Sessions cleaning house.
If Comey were on the up and up, McCabe would be history. Comey ieeps McCabe around as insurance for not getting fired.