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McCabe: 'Gang of Eight' was informed of investigation into Trump, ‘no one objected’
Washington Examiner ^ | 02/19/19

Posted on 02/19/2019 10:35:37 AM PST by Liberty7732

Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI, said a bipartisan group of lawmakers was briefed on a counterintelligence investigation into President Trump and not one of them objected.

McCabe and other FBI officials informed the so-called "Gang of Eight" — leaders from both parties in the House and Senate, as well as the chairs and co-chairs of the House and Senate intelligence committees — that the bureau had opened a counterintelligence investigation into Trump after he fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017.

“No one objected, not on legal grounds, not on constitutional grounds, and not based on the facts,” McCabe told NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 201705; andrewmccabe; gangof8; gangofeight; mccabe
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1 posted on 02/19/2019 10:35:37 AM PST by Liberty7732
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To: Liberty7732

Of course, he is a lying liar, so there’s no way to know if this is true. But considering the “gang,” it would not be shocking.


2 posted on 02/19/2019 10:36:35 AM PST by Liberty7732
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To: Liberty7732

Posted here already:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3728974/posts


3 posted on 02/19/2019 10:36:44 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed thee ... I knew thee.")
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To: Liberty7732

Gang of 8 = Deep state

i.e. he’s basically arguing that the sun sets in the west and water is wet.


4 posted on 02/19/2019 10:39:49 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: Liberty7732

I have been saying the gang of 8 was fully involved and part of the effort from the beginning. This is what Trump has been up against, the dems, the republicans, the deep state, the courts and hell, even the Executive branch has been fighting Trump. How he as survived this long is beyond me.


5 posted on 02/19/2019 10:40:49 AM PST by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: Liberty7732

Shazam.....we know that Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan would be A-OK with this unconstitutional plot against our President, but who were the other GOP members of this bi-partisan terroristic cabal?


6 posted on 02/19/2019 10:42:20 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Liberty7732

The uniparty didn’t object. Wow!


7 posted on 02/19/2019 10:42:43 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Liberty7732

“on a counterintelligence investigation into President Trump”

Liar. A counterintelligence investigation would not have targeted Trump.


8 posted on 02/19/2019 10:43:55 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: txrefugee

I’m guessing McCain and Linda Graham.


9 posted on 02/19/2019 10:44:18 AM PST by Blue Highway
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To: Liberty7732
What happened to the "ongoing investigation"....can't tell anyone...

And the FBI reports to Congress??

10 posted on 02/19/2019 10:45:27 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Liberty7732

So there were two investigations going on...this one and then Mueller’s of which Trump was not the target.


11 posted on 02/19/2019 10:46:59 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Liberty7732

Gang of eight. Who needs Dems when you have McCain and Flake
and Graham leading the gang of eight with pitchforks to string up Trump


12 posted on 02/19/2019 10:47:55 AM PST by chuckee
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To: txrefugee

The republicans in the gang of eight would be McConnell, Ryan, Burr and Nunes. Nunes was the only one working to defend Trump from the coup.


13 posted on 02/19/2019 10:48:22 AM PST by double_down
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To: Sacajaweau

Since the Deep State doesn’t need actual evidence for arrests and prosecutions, Trump should “Roger Stone” all eight gang members (and any of their staff who could have been aware of McCabe’s activities).


14 posted on 02/19/2019 10:50:53 AM PST by TheConservativeBanker
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To: cuban leaf

bttt


15 posted on 02/19/2019 10:51:19 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Liberty7732
Gee, the "Briefing" was back at a time that the FBI had some semblance of being reliable. Now that they have seemingly renamed their agency "FIB" I would hope that anyone with an ounce of common sense would be quite skeptical! Of course, being skeptical could very well be an invitation to your own person being placed under the microscope!!!
16 posted on 02/19/2019 10:56:49 AM PST by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: Liberty7732

So what?

the gang of eight have no oversight of the DOJ / FBI. I equate this to a business where someone tries to get the boss fired and asks the grounds keeper if it is ok.


17 posted on 02/19/2019 10:57:10 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: TexasGator
Liar. A counterintelligence investigation would not have targeted Trump.

Well, McCabe says he personally authorized a counterintelligence investigation into President Trump following Comey's firing. So there's that.

I don't think he lied about that. He did kick off the coup in earnest by using Trumps words in the firing letter to reason that firing Comey gave him probably cause to suspect that Russia was pulling his strings. Absurd but it was enough given zero oversight but the courts, the congress, or the DOJ.

18 posted on 02/19/2019 10:58:50 AM PST by pepsi_junkie
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To: Liberty7732

Sure no one objected. However, if McCabe did not inform them that the investigation was based on a pack of lies and Hillary’s smear campaign, there wouldn’t be any push-back. That it was an insurance policy. If he lied to the Gang of Eight, they would not object.


19 posted on 02/19/2019 10:59:27 AM PST by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: Liberty7732

Considering the fact that the FBI was discussing the 25th amendment should scare the hell out of everyone. McCabe literally describes discussing an attempted coup of a duly elected President by the FBI. That’s the definition of a police state.


20 posted on 02/19/2019 11:01:04 AM PST by Durbin
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