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US closes case against ex-FBI boss McCabe with no charges
AP News ^ | 14 Feb 20 | ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO

Posted on 02/14/2020 9:46:20 AM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adealwasmade; barr; deepstate; durham; fixisin; gitmo; mccabe; q; qanon; qisnonsense; spygate; trump; trustbarr; trustdurham; trustsessions; trusttheplan; unsealed; why
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To: SkyPilot

God seems to us to delay in punishing the guilty because we see only one little portion of the course of his providence... could we take a more comprehensive view, anomalies would disappear, and we would see the end of these men.

“When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.”.....Psalm 73:17


401 posted on 02/15/2020 5:18:13 AM PST by caww
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To: SkyPilot

There was no jury in this, correct — it was just an internal investigation? So if Durham wants to indict (I think he has the power ...?) that can happen, and double jeopardy wouldn’t be an issue?

(Of course, I’m not holding my breath that Durham will end up doing the right thing.)


402 posted on 02/15/2020 5:23:49 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength" - Corrie ten Boom)
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To: All
Not over yet
403 posted on 02/15/2020 5:40:26 AM PST by madison10
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To: JonPreston
America has become a Potemkin village; all the trappings of a functioning government are in place, but they are hopelessly corrupt and rotten to the core.

_____________________

Ugh.

Your post caused me to look up Potempkin Village. I really did not know exactly what it meant.

I read, "..... Prince Potëmkin, who allegedly had villages of cardboard constructed for Catherine II's visit to the Ukraine and the Crimea in 1787."

--- I 'll bet the good Prince was praying for NO RAIN on those cardboard villages when Catherine II visited!

(When I want to get rid of a lot of cardboard boxes, etc. I squirt 'em with a hose, they get all soft and are easy to get rid of.)

'High Science' around here .....

:-)

404 posted on 02/15/2020 5:45:48 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: a little elbow grease
I learned about the word when reading about the former USSR, the same country that Bernie chose for his honeymoon. Very fitting for his word view.


405 posted on 02/15/2020 6:21:17 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: srmanuel

Comey, Strozck, Page, Clapper, Brennan


all members of club hilary


406 posted on 02/15/2020 6:39:10 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: madison10

uh...no it’s over. This is an abomination and a travesty of justice but no, it looks like the deep state won this round.

Don’t misunderstand, the fight is not and should not be over


407 posted on 02/15/2020 6:41:28 AM PST by Sir_Humphrey (Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people -Socrates)
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To: SkyPilot

Andrew McCabe is an America-hating, commie pig. If the DOJ can’t understand that, they need to be fired too. The American people are now on their own. It’s Obama’s government workers against us. Stand for the Second Amendment. We’re going to need it before this is over.


408 posted on 02/15/2020 6:43:28 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: SkyPilot

Or, it is a maneuver to create credible indepence from the President, so that he avoids the “he’s a Trump lapdog” accusation when he drops bombs on big fish.

I doubt it, as plain facts say these are the actions of a swamper.


409 posted on 02/15/2020 6:46:25 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: SkyPilot

Actually.. This morning was supposed to be a close call. LOL


410 posted on 02/15/2020 6:46:57 AM PST by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: SkyPilot
All is explained:

Ep. 1181 The Media Fell Right Into the Trap - The Dan Bongino Show®

from 44.oo

411 posted on 02/15/2020 7:01:00 AM PST by spokeshave (Trump:....Bernie Sanders is a communist. ...thats gonna leave a Marx.)
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To: SkyPilot

Now McCabe can brag that he’s been “exonerated”, and rub his critics’ noses in it. CNN is gloating, too.


412 posted on 02/15/2020 7:09:38 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: dfwgator
Deep State wins again.

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Perhaps, depending upon your perspective.

My perspective is that this isolated case against is really more evidence against Mcabe in a larger prosecution than a stand alone prosecutable offense.

Pretty much every criminal lies about their involvement in their crimes.

Thats why we have trials in the first place.

Have not seen too many murderers, Mafia Dons or Drug Kingpins getting prosecuted for lying to investigators

Lets see what happens here

413 posted on 02/15/2020 7:14:26 AM PST by rdcbn ( Referentiai)
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To: rigelkentaurus
Ironically, you are making the case for why Barr should not prosecute Mcabe for lying
414 posted on 02/15/2020 7:16:18 AM PST by rdcbn ( Referentiai)
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To: SkyPilot
US closes case against ex-FBI boss McCabe with no charges

I'm shocked!

415 posted on 02/15/2020 7:22:12 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: SkyPilot

Again, most likely we will be very disappointing. Durham is off investigating Russian collusion. Even if he was sincere and had anything, do you think the DOJ would let it see light.


416 posted on 02/15/2020 7:32:03 AM PST by Swirl
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To: SkyPilot; All

So this is for his lies regarding the Clinton Foundation leak.

McCabe is still being investigated by Durham for Crossfire Hurricane.


417 posted on 02/15/2020 7:33:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: SkyPilot

“Trust the plan”

“Trust Wray”


418 posted on 02/15/2020 7:50:36 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth
Plus, they’ll have viruses created to attack only us.

______________

How about a virus to attack the Clintons?

419 posted on 02/15/2020 7:52:43 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: MayflowerMadam
I don’t believe for one minute that Durham will do anything.

_____

Please don't give up all hope. All our vibes are all connected.

Just hold out a little hope for human nature.

;-)

420 posted on 02/15/2020 7:55:06 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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