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Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe Under Federal Investigation
GP ^ | 06/27/17 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 06/28/2017 10:56:03 AM PDT by Enlightened1

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is being investigated by the Office of U.S. Counsel violating the Hatch Act according to a new report by Circa News.

The Hatch Act prohibits FBI agents from campaigning in partisan races. Photos of McCabe campaigning for his wife raised questions about McCabe’s compliance with the law.

Via Circa News:

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is being investigated by the Office of U.S. Special Counsel for violating The Hatch Act that prohibits FBI agents from campaigning in partisan races.

The Office of U.S. Special Counsel, the government’s main whistleblower agency, is investigating whether FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s activities supporting his wife Jill’s Democratic campaign for Virginia state senate in 2015 violated the Hatch Act’s prohibition against FBI agents campaigning in partisan races.

The Hatch Act prohibits FBI employees from engaging “in political activity in concert with a political party, a candidate for partisan political office, or a partisan political group.”

It defines prohibited political activity as “any activity directed at the success or failure of a partisan group or candidate in a partisan election.”

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anfrewmccabe; corruptdems; director; fbi; investigation; mccabe; searchworks
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1 posted on 06/28/2017 10:56:03 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is being investigated by the Office of U.S. Special Counsel for violating The Hatch Act that prohibits FBI agents from campaigning in partisan races.

Oh come on. Those laws have no effect on Democrats.

2 posted on 06/28/2017 10:57:43 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: Enlightened1

FIRE HIS @SS, MR. PRESIDENT !!!!


3 posted on 06/28/2017 10:59:46 AM PDT by bryan999
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To: Enlightened1

But did he have any INTENT to violate the law?


4 posted on 06/28/2017 10:59:47 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: Enlightened1

What is the track record of Circa News for not being fake?


5 posted on 06/28/2017 11:00:43 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning.)
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To: Enlightened1

Swamp monster covered in slime.


6 posted on 06/28/2017 11:01:24 AM PDT by Kudsman ( Anyone to the Right of Stalin is a Far Right Wing candidate to the Far Left Wing Media.)
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To: Enlightened1

McCabe should have been fired on day 1 of the Trump administration, along with Comey.


7 posted on 06/28/2017 11:01:29 AM PDT by Velveeta
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Perfect reason to fire him!

DRAINING THE SWAMP, ONE CREATURE AT A TIME!...........


8 posted on 06/28/2017 11:01:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
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To: Enlightened1

More solid work by JOHN SOLOMON of CIRCA *not* Gateway Pundit.

John Solomon of Circa. Real Journalism. Real News.


9 posted on 06/28/2017 11:05:02 AM PDT by Freemeorkillme
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To: bryan999
FIRE HIS @SS, MR. PRESIDENT !!!!

No. Prosecute him and everyone associated with the criminal enterprise he is protecting.

10 posted on 06/28/2017 11:06:07 AM PDT by canalabamian
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To: Sasparilla

There are pictures of McCabe and his wife with both wearing campaign shirts supporting her election. I am sure there are a lot more things than that including the money.


11 posted on 06/28/2017 11:06:30 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Enlightened1

The counterattack is forming. Here we see the basis to fire McCabe and others at FBI. The presidency is a very powerful thing, and DJT has it.


12 posted on 06/28/2017 11:06:44 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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Guilty!

13 posted on 06/28/2017 11:07:38 AM PDT by Freemeorkillme
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To: Enlightened1

Fire him. Lock him up.


14 posted on 06/28/2017 11:08:09 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittanc)
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Arrest the whole damned Swamp and keep them in jail without bail until their trial comes up.


15 posted on 06/28/2017 11:10:53 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Enlightened1

But what about Comey sweet talking Hillary instead of indicting? That helped her campaign more than McCabe helped his wife’s


16 posted on 06/28/2017 11:16:14 AM PDT by Yaelle
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It looks like Hillary was right about one thing.

"If [Donald Trump] wins, we all hang from nooses!"- Hillary Clinton

17 posted on 06/28/2017 11:19:40 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Williams

Correct. You build the case and then you act.

OSC is part of the Dept. of Justice, just for those who keep posting crap about how AG Sessions has been asleep just because he, an experienced federal prosecutor, doesn’t always do what FReepers think he should.

We are winning. It is happening. This is worth doing right.


18 posted on 06/28/2017 11:20:11 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Steely Tom

This seems a bit of a stretch. You mean he can’t help his wife? So much for America being about family values. I am not concerned about this. If it was someone other then family members, then I’d be saying “lock him up”.


19 posted on 06/28/2017 11:20:49 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Enlightened1

From Wikipedia:

“The United States Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is a permanent independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency whose basic legislative authority comes from four federal statutes, the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Hatch Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). OSC’s primary mission is the safeguarding of the merit system in federal employment by protecting employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices (PPPs), especially reprisal for “whistleblowing.” The agency also operates a secure channel for federal whistleblower disclosures of violations of law, rule, or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; abuse of authority; and substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. In addition, OSC issues advice on the Hatch Act and enforces its restrictions on partisan political activity by government employees. Finally, OSC protects the civilian employment and reemployment rights of military service members under USERRA. OSC has around 120 staff, and the Special Counsel is an ex officio member of Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), an association of Inspectors General charged with the regulation of good governance within the federal government.”


20 posted on 06/28/2017 11:25:32 AM PDT by Signalman
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