McCabe pushes back on Comey over watchdog report that faulted him
Source: Politico
An attorney for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said Wednesday that neither the Justice Department inspector general nor former FBI director James Comey “has it right” when it comes to the agency’s critical report on his disclosures to news outlets in 2016.
Attorney Michael Bromwich pushed back on Comey for citing the DOJ watchdog’s report to deliver remarks critical of McCabe, his former No. 2 at the FBI who was fired by Attorney General Jeff Sessions last month.
McCabe’s attorney argued that both Comey and the report — which suggested the deputy director misled his boss about authorizing FBI agents to disclose information to the Wall Street Journal — mischaracterized the extent to which his client relayed his interactions with the press to Comey.
In a statement, Bromwich says “the report fails to adequately address the evidence (including sworn testimony) and documents that prove that Mr. McCabe advised Director Comey repeatedly that he was working with the Wall Street Journal on the stories in question prior to publication.”
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/18/mccabes-lawyer-disputes-comey-on-doj-inspector-general-report-533735
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Ever since J.Edgar Hoover days, the FBI has gone head-to-head with Presidents of both parties. There has always been back-room closed door finagling between the FBI and the White House, and the FBI was looking to keep it in play when the leadership changed hands. Unfortunately Obama gave those guys a wide berth because he had nothing to worry about (as far as his personal conduct was concerned.) However it set up the ugly circumstances for the 2016 election quite nicely.
