Andrew McCabe
Posted on 04/13/2018 2:26:28 PM PDT by jazusamo
The report from the Department of Justice inspector general on Andrew McCabe is out. It concludes that McCabe repeatedly lacked candor and leaked materials to the Wall Street Journal that he was not authorized to leak. All of this comes on a day when President Trump pardoned Scooter Libby after his conviction for lying, citing evidence that Department of Justice prosecutors withheld evidence from a witness that affected her testimony.
The IG concludes that McCabe didn't tell the truth to James Comey about leaks:
We found that, in a conversation with then-Director Comey shortly after the WSJ article was published, McCabe lacked candor when he told Comey, or made statements that led Comey to believe, that McCabe had not authorized the disclosure and did not know who did. This conduct violated FBI Offense Code 2.5 (Lack of Candor – No Oath).
Afterward, under oath, McCabe again wasn't forthcoming:
We also found that on May 9, 2017, when questioned under oath by FBI agents from INSD, McCabe lacked candor when he told the agents that he had not authorized the disclosure to the WSJ and did not know who did. This conduct violated FBI Offense Code 2.6 (Lack of Candor – Under Oath).
Remember, General Mike Flynn wasn't even under oath when he spoke to FBI agents.
It gets worse for McCabe.
It says he repeatedly lacked candor under oath when speaking to the Office of Inspector General.
We additionally found that on November 29, 2017, when questioned under oath by the OIG in a recorded interview during which he contradicted his prior statements by acknowledging that he had authorized the disclosure to the WSJ,McCabe lacked candor when he: (a) stated that he told Comey on October 31, 2016, that he had authorized the disclosure to the WSJ; (b) denied telling INSD agents on May 9 that he had not authorized the disclosure to the WSJ about the
PADAG call; and (c) asserted that INSD’s questioning of him on May 9 about the October 30 WSJ article occurred at the end of an unrelated meeting when one of the INSD agents pulled him aside and asked him one or two questions about the article. This conduct violated FBI Offense Code 2.6 (Lack of Candor – Under Oath).
Finally, the IG concluded that McCabe had no authority to leak information to the Wall Street Journal. The report notes: "The OIG is issuing this report to the FBI for such action as it deems appropriate." In other words, don't expect much more to happen.
you try it and you'll be convicted of lying under oath/perjury
Yep, no doubt about it.
I get this scene instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqBJJF2yvE
And he’s gonna need a bigger briefcase.
The first liar didn’t stand a chance in the Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page FBI.
Their job was to find criminals and they made it easy for each other.
All they had to do was look at the next desk over.
And yet not one of these lying seditionists has gone to jail or been disbarred.
Jeff Sessions’ appointment as Attorney General may not be the best thing that ever happened to them
but they would have to work hard to prove otherwise.
Watch the Danny Kay film, it’s more fun.
So why isn’t this being called what it really is, perjury under oath?
Right.
Please remember Her Royal Thighness Hillary was merely careless and she thought bleachbit destruction of subpoenaed email evidence demanded in an investigation entailed wiping with a cloth.
Laws are for for rubes, flyover red state dolts, deplorables,Christians,Trump dummies and conservative patriots.
Not leftists.
We agree, what I meant is McCabe was the instigator of the insurance policy, not that he is the insurance policy.
Isn’t this lying to Federal investigators exactly what Martha Stewart did time for?
As I understand: one of several.
She may be wealthy and famous, but she is still one of the little people.
Den of thieves and lowlifes is a perfect description of all swamp creatures.
The IG’s office is going to dump its report in May.
May 4 is when the Awan case was delayed to as well...
Not sure that is true. The FBI has already fired him, so nothing to be done there. But, this should now be in the hands of Sessions/Huber at DOJ. If Sessions hasn't completely lied about Huber, an indictment should follow.
I will now resume my search for a parallel universe in which the law matters.
All the ducks in a row...
Great point. “If Trump wins, well have Sessions in place to stop him.”
Great point. “If Trump wins, well have Sessions in place to stop him.”
The IG is not a prosecutor so he doesn’t make “legal” findings, but rather findings of fact only. He describes what happened and the DOJ decides what statutes, if any, were violated.
Wow. Never even knew it was illegal to lack candor. What the heck is this candor and how much does it costs ?
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