Posted on 04/20/2017 5:27:12 AM PDT by Whenifhow
A top FBI official whose wife received political donations from an ally of Hillary Clinton’s last year does not need to recuse himself from the ongoing Trump-Russia investigation, the bureau said Wednesday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee inquired last month about FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s role on the Trump probe, which is looking into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley had expressed concerns about a potential conflict of interest given that McCabe’s wife ran a state campaign in Virginia that received $700,000 from Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a close friend of Clinton’s.
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Grassley noted in a March 28 letter to FBI Director James Comey that the McCabes met with McAuliffe on March 7, 2015, several days after the story broke that Clinton used a private email server as secretary of state.
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In the response letter to Grassley, FBI Assistant Director Gregory Bower both confirmed that McCabe is involved in the Trump investigation and denied that a recusal was necessary.
“With respect to the questions you raised regarding Mr. McCabe recusing himself from participation in this investigation, the FBI has assessed that there is no basis in law or in fact for such a recusal,” Bower wrote.
“As the Deputy Director of the FBI, Mr. McCabe is ultimately responsible for supervising all of the FBI’s investigative activities, including the investigation referenced in your letter,” he continued, adding that McCabe has been involved in the investigation since its inception.
It is believed that the FBI opened the Trump-Russia investigation last July. As part of the probe, the bureau obtained a federal surveillance warrant to monitor the communications of Carter Page, a former Trump campaign policy adviser. Former Trump campaign advisers Paul Manafort and Roger Stone are also reportedly being investigated.
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Then that is grounds for firing comey. why can’t sessons fire mecab for Gods sake! These criminal Dems have to be confronted. All our guys recuse and they refuse...what goes around doesn’t ever come around to the criminal party dems and that has got to stop. now chaffee giving up on going after his committee charge by not running again. someone got the goods on him now.
That's his term limit. Trump could fire him earlier any time he wants.
When is Trump going to get rid of this hack?
Ken Buck said in his book that DC is much more corrupt than we can imagine. Said Committee chairs are required to pay dues to the RNC congressional election fund of $250,000.00 Chairs of important committees like Ways and Means have to cough up $500,000.00
Maybe Chaffetz couldn't pay the dues.
District of Navada? Harry Reid and the Mafia...
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