US closes case against ex-FBI boss McCabe with no charges

AP News ^ | 14 Feb 20 | ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO

[SkyPilot]

Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether he lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news media disclosure, McCabe’s legal team said Friday.

The decision resolves a criminal investigation that spanned more than a year and began with a referral from the Justice Department’s inspector general, which said McCabe repeatedly lied about having authorized a subordinate to share information with a newspaper reporter for a 2016 article about an FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation.

McCabe’s lawyers said in a statement they were told in a phone call and letter that the case is closed and “no charges will be brought against him based on the facts.”

McCabe, a frequent target of attacks from President Donald Trump, has denied that he intentionally misled anyone. He has said his 2018 firing — for what the Justice Department called “lack of candor” — was politically motivated. He sued the Justice Department in August, saying officials had used the inspector general’s conclusions as a pretext to rid the FBI of leaders Trump perceived as biased against him.

In a letter on Friday, prosecutors told McCabe’s lawyers that they decided “not to pursue criminal charges against your client” after careful consideration.

“Based on the totality of the circumstances and all of the information known to the government at this time, we consider the matter closed,” said the letter, signed by the chief of the U.S. attorney’s office’s public corruption unit.

The decision was revealed at the week of startling tensions between Trump and the Justice Department over the treatment of one of the Republican president’s longtime allies and confidants, Roger Stone.

[lodi90]

A radio piece I heard on this also said the decision was by the US Atty for DC.

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That would be the newly appointed Shea. Supposedly he was Barr’s right hand man before that. Also the USA who fumbled the Stone sentencing issue.

That’s two strikes for Shea already. Not a good sign.

[bagster]

Quoted from a friend.

Law fag here… Before everyone runs off the deep end, recall that the OIG referral is ONLY in reference to an unauthorized leak to a media outlet. No other nexus of facts is involved.

McCabe likely remains under investigation otherwise as part of the general FBI Fisa abuse investigation. There could be a lot of reasons for the OIG investigation being dropped. First, it appears that the CIA is the ring leader of misinformation and coup attempt - perhaps it is best that McCabe maintain credibility as a possible witness in those investigations, rather than lose credibility as a witness by being the defendant in the OIG referral matter. It's hard to say.

Could also be that the OIG matter simply cannot be proved up at this point. If McCabe offered useful information, you want to protect his credibility for future testimony. All this to say, this news is only in reference to a leak to a media outlet - NOT the larger investigation re: FISA abuse.

Simmer down, ladies.

[Iscool]

Why should The People assume any part of the Department Of Justice is legitimate?

Maybe our expectations are way too high...

Just in my generation they go back to Waco, Ruby Ridge and a host of others...We know there are bad actors all across the Country, not just in Washington and New York...Corruption at the top like this couldn't exist except those at the lower levels doing the actual work covering for that corruption...

Appears to me they're going to get it all under the rug and then remind us that the bad guys are gone and that it's all been cleaned up...Don't worry, be happy...

Meanwhile the crooks are controlling public opinion with their new jobs at the fake media with the obvious blessing of the DOJ and FBI......

[DoughtyOne]

Works for Barr.

[DoughtyOne]

Yeah, probably something like that...

[1Old Pro]

Trump should tweet, “yo Bill, whazzzzup?”

It's impossible for Bill to do his job, so Trump needs to get someone who can.

[DoughtyOne]

So do I.

[lodi90]

You speak like Trump has a choice who he pics, that is not true. mcconnell has the final say on Trumps cabinet picks. For obumber, it was “he deserves to pick his own cabinet”. For Trump, it’s he can pick from mcconnel approved deep staters.

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Exactly. It’s important to note communist voting John Brennan had more support from the GOP Senate than the obviously outstanding John Ratcliffe did.

Trump is outflanked by this treachery. This ais screaming third party to me. The GOP is corrupt at its core and unreformable.

[DoughtyOne]

d":^)

[bagster]

You’re a fool.
A deluded fool.
L

Your mama's one.

[truthkeeper]

No. McCabe is on CNN today dunking on Barr like he is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

I hear Hillary's out spiking the Twitter football too. I can't even bear to look.

[central_va]

Barr can stuff his bagpipes up his arse.

[hattend]

The people in charge of the funding are up to their necks in swamp water.

Guess we’ll have to do something about that in November.

[KeyLargo]

VIDEO INTERVIEW; https://youtu.be/xZhDlf7sOaE

[KeyLargo]

VIDEO INTERVIEW

https://youtu.be/xZhDlf7sOaE

[itsahoot]

How many of Hillary’s peeps got Immunity for nothing in return?

All of them silly. But wait maybe Linda Graham will get them like he promised, yeah that’s it he will get them for sure maybe Monday or Tuesday.

[sport]

Yeah. They did. And the moon is made of green cheese.

[Kevin in California]

Hannity on last night’s show....

“I trust Barr!”

[Phil DiBasquette]

He can fire them too

[lodi90]

POTUS got dangerously close to the heart of the matter this week: GOPe top cover of the Main Justice coupists. And the swamp rats represented by Quisling Barr and McConnell swung back. Hard.