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FBI’s McCabe faces GOP calls for ouster, ahead of closed-door testimony
Fox News ^ | 12/19/2017 | Barnini Chakraborty

Posted on 12/19/2017 10:33:53 AM PST by mojito

Top Republicans are stepping up their criticism of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, even suggesting he should be ousted amid allegations conflicts of interest and anti-Trump political prejudice at the agency.

“Andrew McCabe cuts across every facet of every investigation in 2016 that your viewers are interested in from Secretary [Hillary] Clinton’s emails to the investigation into the Trump campaign,” Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., a member of the House Judiciary Committee, told Fox News' "America's Newsroom" on Tuesday.

A day earlier, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley told reporters that McCabe should be fired. “And I’ve said that before and I’ve said it to people who can do it,” he said.

But Grassley, R-Iowa, added that doesn’t mean President Trump should get involved.

“Trump ought to stay out of it. I think it’s a Christopher Wray job,” Grassley reportedly said.

McCabe is expected to testify Tuesday afternoon in a closed-door hearing before the House Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: 115th; clinton; counterintelligence; fbi; firemccabe; gowdy; grassley; housejudiciary; insurancepolicy; mccabe; probe; senatejudiciary; strzok; trumprussia
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To: bigbob

More likely, she watched the actual testimony of Wray, and how he specifically defended McCabe when one of the Congressmen questioned McCabe’s professionalism. Pretty sure it was Ghomert.

Would you have defendied McCabe as well? You can’t say you don’t defend Mueller, or at least no one would believe you if you tried.


21 posted on 12/19/2017 11:29:45 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Trump: "What the FBI has done is really, really disgraceful, and a lot of people are very angry.")
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To: LouieFisk; All

It’s the beginning of the end of your criminal conspiracy...

Paul Sperry tweeted Tuesday morning, “BREAKING: IG Horowitz investigating anti-Trump agent Strzok for possible Hatch Act breaches. The Hillary case supervisor joins FBI No. 2 McCabe as investigative target concerning illegal “political activities.” IG has power to refer criminal charges to DOJ for full prosecution.”

https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/943134394105114624?s=17

Sperry also tweeted, “Comey testified he had McCabe meet w Lynch after her tarmac tete-a-tete w Clinton & before the FBI’s sweetheart interview w Hillary & ultimate exoneration. Who else was in the room? What was discussed? Also, what did McCabe & Strzok discuss in his office 8/15/16? Will HPSCI ask?”

https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/943141935266615296?s=17


22 posted on 12/19/2017 11:30:29 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Travis McGee

IF he testifies, no way he takes the 5th. I’ve seen this guy testify before and he ‘s very good at deception and diversion. He will do his best to make the case he and his closest associates are fantastic agents, completely dedicated to the Justice, and appear insulted at any insinuation to the contrary.

Whether or not he will lie, is the question, and if he does, what will be done about it.


23 posted on 12/19/2017 11:34:20 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Trump: "What the FBI has done is really, really disgraceful, and a lot of people are very angry.")
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To: bigbob
They have to have an iron-clad case that will stand up in court.

Ever wonder why we can convict people of murder purely with circumstantial evidence but in political cases there doesn't ever seem to be sufficient evidence to convict a politician.

24 posted on 12/19/2017 11:34:46 AM PST by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: mojito
“Trump ought to stay out of it. I think it’s a Christopher Wray job,” Grassley reportedly said.

Wray hasn't fired McCabe.

Rosenstein is a Deep State hack.

Sessions won't do anything.

Chief Executive Trump should fire all four of them.

25 posted on 12/19/2017 11:39:09 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: Golden Eagle; mojito

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe arrived moments ago to his meeting with the House Intelligence Committee. The closed door meeting is slated to begin at 2pm, via @MariannaNBCNews

So he made it.


26 posted on 12/19/2017 11:41:02 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: Travis McGee

If he takes the fifth it will have to be for every question. He can’t pick and choose.


27 posted on 12/19/2017 11:42:40 AM PST by shotgun
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To: txhurl

Good to know, thanks!


28 posted on 12/19/2017 11:44:41 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Trump: "What the FBI has done is really, really disgraceful, and a lot of people are very angry.")
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To: mojito

I’m a little more than a quarter way through my second thriller novel. I am seriously considering adding a subplot with a group of FBI agents trying to overthrow a sitting president.


29 posted on 12/19/2017 11:47:53 AM PST by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: bigbob

That’s a fine and good. But you know what?
The Rat Bastard could be immediately transferred to the
Aleutian islands until further notice...


30 posted on 12/19/2017 11:51:33 AM PST by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: BushCountry

I can add the subplot now, before this year’s events no one would have believed it.


31 posted on 12/19/2017 11:52:47 AM PST by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: Travis McGee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFbLG0Ttv7k

“We are not Weasels!” - Weasel Comey


32 posted on 12/19/2017 11:59:34 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

McCabe is dirty.


33 posted on 12/19/2017 12:02:31 PM PST by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: txhurl

THANKS FOR THE UPDATE...

Did McCabe slither into the room, like a snake.


34 posted on 12/19/2017 12:05:33 PM PST by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: txhurl; Golden Eagle

Thanks for the update!


35 posted on 12/19/2017 12:13:10 PM PST by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: ptsal

Using his wife to collect $700k of bribes from McAuliffe in VA for her bogus run for a state senate seat...dirty as they come.


36 posted on 12/19/2017 12:30:57 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Travis McGee

That graphic, damning as it is, it getting tired and worn out here on FR.


37 posted on 12/19/2017 12:47:53 PM PST by upchuck ("Ex-obama" ... That phrase itself honors America. ~ h/t glennaro)
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To: Travis McGee

Travis you need to add Strzok’s wife, who was put in charge of “enforcement” at the SEC, less than 36 hours after her husband found detailed Clinton Foundation financial records on Anthony Wiener’s lap top in September 2016. You can also add Loretta Lynch, Brennan, Clapper, Hayden, Mike Morell, Susan Rice, Sally Yates, Samantha Power and, of course, Obama himself, to this list.


38 posted on 12/19/2017 1:08:17 PM PST by oil_dude
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To: Corporate Law

ping


39 posted on 12/19/2017 1:13:28 PM PST by timestax
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To: mojito

If you’re going to call for ouster, why start with McCabe? Start with Sessions, see if he is really alive and then work down several layers.


40 posted on 12/19/2017 1:23:32 PM PST by pt17
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