President Trump’s decision to ask then-FBI Director James Comey to pledge loyalty to his presidency was one of the primary reasons special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe paints a very unflattering portrait of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions in his new book. McCabe writes that Sessions didn’t read intelligence reports, mixed up classified material with what he had seen in newspaper clips and was confused about the structure and purpose of organizations, the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that he was stunned by the “incredibly lenient sentence” ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort received in Alexandria, Va. last Thursday. “Well, I was really surprised by the sentence he was given,” McCabe told Face the Nation. “I think…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, on a whirlwind book tour, appears on C-Span with New York Times’ reporter Adam Goldman to discuss his book and some of the criticism the bureau faced under his leadership. McCabe defends the use of the infamous Steele dossier, the bureau’s use of a confidential informant…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com MSNBC’s Ari Melber grilled former acting director of the FBI Andrew McCabe over the FBI’s three-week delay between discovering Hillary Clinton emails on Anthony Weiner’s laptop and the announcement of their discovery to the public. McCabe tells MSNBC the three-week delay was not ideal, but it was an “acceptable outcome.” He…
Timothy L. O’Brien is the executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. By Timothy O’Brien Bloomberg Andrew McCabe, who briefly served as acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the tumultuous months in 2017 after President Donald Trump fired James Comey, is making the rounds to promote his new book, “The Threat.” Senior law enforcement…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s interview on 60 Minutes on Sunday has stirred up dust inside the Beltway and beyond including talk of a Senate investigation. McCabe, who was fired by the Trump administration, said that a “crime may have been committed” when President Donald Trump fired the head of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Andrew McCabe, the fired FBI deputy director, has come out with his new book, “The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump.” Suffice to say, the book does not portray President Trump in a flattering light. “The FBI has always been the nemesis of criminals….
