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McCabe's op-ed piece from the wapo back in March: "I have been accused of “lack of candor.” That is not true. I did not knowingly mislead or lie to investigators. When asked about contacts with a reporter that were fully within my power to authorize as deputy director, and amid the chaos that surrounded me, I answered questions as completely and accurately as I could. And when I realized that some of my answers were not fully accurate or may have been misunderstood, I took the initiative to correct them. At worst, I was not clear in my responses, and because of what was going on around me may well have been confused and distracted — and for that I take full responsibility. But that is not a lack of candor. And under no circumstances could it ever serve as the basis for the very public and extended humiliation of my family and me that the administration, and the president personally, have engaged in over the past year."

The OIG report makes it crystal clear that over more than a year, on a variety of occasions, McCabe lied, deceived, and withheld information when answering questions, first from his superior (Comey), and then investigators within the FBI and then the OIG of the Dept of Justice.

When one reads the OIG report, it is all laid out blow by blow, that McCabe changed his stories. It all came crashing down because either he was lying or everyone else they were interviewing in the FBI was lying. In particular, his account is pitted directly against some statements from Comey. So, yes, for the moment the OIG report supports Comey on one specific issue vs. McCabe, but it is delicious to see McCabe and Comey end up pitted against each other. Comey, Page, Baker, and others all depict McCabe as lying about key aspects of their interactions with him and his “leaking” to the Wall St. Journal reporter.

HA HA HA HA...... nice to see McCabe exposed, even if this is such a limited set of issues (mainly about the WSJ article and the revelations of a sensitive conversation McCabe had in Aug. 2016 with a top official in the Dept of Justice.

There should be much more to come from the OIG (this report is only on one fairly narrow topic), so long as they really have followed through on the wider investigations.

McCabe: "When asked about contacts with a reporter that were fully within my power to authorize as deputy director, and amid the chaos that surrounded me, I answered questions as completely and accurately as I could."

No, he lied to a whole bunch of people about that leak. Lied to Comey, lied to various underlings and lied to the IG. He even accused underlings of being the leakers.

At worst, I was not clear in my responses, and because of what was going on around me may well have been confused and distracted — and for that I take full responsibility. But that is not a lack of candor.

LMFAO! Let a private citizen try to get away with that excuse!