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, McCabes legal team said Friday.
The decision resolves a criminal investigation that spanned more than a year and began with a referral from the Justice Departments 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.
McCabes 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 generals conclusions as a pretext to rid the FBI of leaders Trump perceived as biased against him.
In a letter on Friday, prosecutors told McCabes 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. attorneys offices 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 presidents longtime allies and confidants, Roger Stone.
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A swap for Trumps’ Roger Stone tweets.
Correct. And this American hero - poor General Flynn as well, who lost his home and is bankrupt from legal bills.
And yes, it is Barr's DOJ that is still persecuting him.
Of course he was.
Nah, Id rather hear him castigate those responsible. This outcome is BS
This is Barrshit!
As I posted on another thread.
Barr is either deep state are is not capable (or unwilling) to fix the mess at DOJ.
A few facts (not in any particular order):
1)Barr started his career at the CIA,
2)was part of the Bush Administration,
3) close to Kelly,
4) has not begun to clean house at DOJ,
5) has not accomplished anything meaningful in prosecuting crimes committed by the left (all the way from Hillary, to sanctuary cities for illegal immigration, to out of control prosecutors, to voting irregularities, to antifa),
6) Epstein (yes, ultimately he was responsible for allowing his apparent assassination, either by design or incompetency),
7) organized attorneys to defend the FBI in the Ruby Ridge debacle,
8) has taken no action to stop the defacing of our national monuments,
9) Barr works for the President, and should be doing everything possible in his aid, not the other way around,
10) Bottom line, he is either incapable or unwilling to manage DOJ, and prosecute crimes committed by the left.
Some of us have lost patience, just like we did with Sessions.
Now add this one to the list.
Biden Cover up in progress.
Clear as day.
Youre awfully quiet.
L
Lying to the FBI etc is either a crime or not. They’ve decided that it is not. The right response is to pardon all those who have been imprisoned for this “crime”
Some of us were not fooled.
Some still are.
Trump must be absolutely seething.
I’ve seen the whole interview with Barr, and even Fox and Breitbart are reporting this. Barr’s words speak for themselves.
The time to get pi$$ed is now.
So he didnt lie or leak?
Any magic-letter folks waking up?
Huber cleared people without interviewing any Witnesses.
Its a Political Organization
How many of Hillarys peeps got Immunity for nothing in return?
.
Direct Barr to reopen this with the intent of charging these criminals and if he won’t fire his ass and get someone in who will.
Barr thinks it's his job and that nobody else can tell him how to do it.
Nevermind that he works for his boss the president, and his boss's boss, the people.
I fear for the nation.
For quite some time now.
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Know many? That will water the Tree of Liberty?
At this point I am wondering if Trump is even smart enough to realize how he’s yet again been double-crossed by someone HE HIMSELF picked - and even more so I wonder if he has the balls to do anything about it.
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