The Justice Department's internal watchdog has been investigating former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for apparently sitting on emails obtained from Anthony Weiner's laptop, the Washington Post's Devlin Barrett and Karoun Demirjian reported Tuesday (of note, Barrett was recently outed as a potential source of FBI leaks, according to text messages between FBI employees accused of political bias)
The DOJ Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, wants to know why McCabe allegedly took little to no action for approximately three weeks on the trove of emails sent by Hillary's top aide, Huma Abedin - Weiner's wife, which were discovered during an unrelated investigation into Weiner "sexting" with an underage girl.
The inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, has been asking witnesses why FBI leadership seemed unwilling to move forward on the examination of emails found on the laptop of former congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) until late October about three weeks after first being alerted to the issue, according to these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.
A key question of the internal investigation is whether McCabe or anyone else at the FBI wanted to avoid taking action on the laptop findings until after the Nov. 8 election, these people said. It is unclear whether the inspector general has reached any conclusions on that point. -WaPo
In late September 2016, approximately five weeks before the US election, thousands of Huma Abedin's work-related emails were found on Weiner's laptop. According to WaPo, the New York FBI office alerted FBI headquarters within days - though accounts as to the exact date vary.
Either way, McCabe was made aware of the matter by late September or early October, as the NY field office agents wanted to discuss the issue with DC Clinton email investigators to compare notes. According to people familiar with the matter, officials at FBI headquarters requested the emails' metadata - which include the sender, recipient and timestamp.
While McCabe is said to have been involved in those discussions, accounts vary as to how much then-FBI Director James Comey knew of the situation.
Some people involved at the time said Comey learned of the issue around the same time as McCabe. Others contend Comey did not know about it until weeks later. Senior Justice Department officials, according to several people familiar with the issue, were not notified until mid-October.
But for a period of at least three weeks, according to people involved at the time, nothing much happened a lag that has sparked the inspector generals questions. -WaPo
McCabe announced his departure from the FBI on Monday following a meeting with FBI Director Christopher Wray, in which they reportedly discussed the Inspector General's investigation.
McCabe had previously announced a March retirement. Several media outlets reported that McCabe is using his remaining vacation days to go on "terminal leave" and that his official retirement from the agency won't happen until March, allowing him to collect the full pension.
Also notable is that Wray was reportedly "shocked to his core" Sunday night after viewing a four-page confidential FISA memo said to detail egregious surveillance abuses by McCabe's team. The next day, McCabe was forced to step down.
Hannity sat down once again with journalist Sara Carter this week, whose sources say McCabe may have also instructed FBI agents to alter their "302" forms - the paperwork an agent files after interviewing someone:
Shocked him to his core, and not only that, the Inspector General's report - I have been told tonight by a number of sources, there's indicators right now that McCabe may have asked FBI agents to actually change their 302's - those are their interviews with witnesses. So basically every time an FBI agent interviews a witness, they have to go back and file a report.
If the reports from Sara Carter and the Washington Post's ever-connected Devlin Barrett are true, McCabe not only sat on the Weiner laptop emails related to the Hillary Clinton email investigation - but also asked FBI agents to commit crimes by altering paperwork.
Or, as Sarah Westwood summarizes, this report suggests:
- McCabe tried to stall probe of Weiner laptop emails til after the election
- McCabe's colleagues got suspicious about the delay
- Comey sent 11th-hour letter that reopened the probe in order to correct for McCabe's perceived bias
Further pointing towards evidence of political bias is an October, 2016 Wall St. Journal article which reported that McCabe's wife received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from close Clinton ally, then-Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe for her failed run at VA state legislature.
How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wifes campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2017
President Trump allegedly chided McCabe over his wife's loss during a phone call following the May 9th dismissal of ex-FBI Director Comey. According to three people who recounted the alleged incident to NBC News, Trump was so enraged by footage of Comey boarding a government airplane following his dismissal that he brought up McCabe's wife during the conversation:
The president was silent for a moment and then turned on McCabe, suggesting he ask his wife how it feels to be a loser...
McCabe replied, "OK, Sir."
Trump then hung up the phone
An anonymous White House official disputed the account off the record, telling NBC, "this simply never happened. Any suggestion otherwise is pure fiction."
Whether or not Trump said mean things to McCabe (a conveniently timed story from the MSM), the fact remains that he is now out of a job - and purportedly the focus of Inspector General Horowitz for a variety of politically motivated crimes.
Comments
Sitting on Weiner...... LOL.
Won't be the last wiener he sits on ...don't drop the soap douche bag
In reply to Sitting on Weiner...... LOL. by Nature_Boy_Wooooo
END THE FED
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In reply to time for a McCabe roast… by unrulian
RELEASE The F'ing FISA Memo Already!
In reply to END THE FED by DingleBarryObummer
the election defeat was so surprising and the arrogance so deep and the chaos within the secret society so complete - once they got cut off from the presidential source of power they had no time and means to regroup - not even John McCain and the other traitors from the Republican party establishment aligned with the clinton mafia and the rest of the deep state pedofiles could save them.
In reply to RELEASE by BaBaBouy
Only found Dan Bongino's podcast site the other day - highly recommended. He lays the whole shitty conspiracy out as it comes to light, and is sharp as they come - his ex-SS inside procedural knowledge on all this FISA crap gives way more to think about than most commentators. The Perkins Coie tie-in to both Fusion GPS and Crowdstrike wasn't one I'd picked up on.
This take from yesterday on McCabe, and why they have 5 weeks to nail his ass is a case in point:
https://www.bongino.com/january-30-2018-ep-644-the-swamp-is-slowly-drai…
In reply to the election defeat was so… by giovanni_f
I'm just glad I lived long enough to see all of this happen. What a great time to be alive. If I get to see the Clintons (Klingons?) and their henchmen in orange jumpsuits and cuffs, I can die a happy man.
In reply to Only found Dan Bongino's… by CuttingEdge
A key question:
HOW MUCH EVIDENCE HAS BEEN DESTROYED?
In reply to I'm just glad I lived long… by Killtruck
And who's gonna get there first - Mueller or OIG? Unfortunately, Mueller has a lot more water carriers.
In reply to … by macholatte
Yhatzee- Obstruction of Justice.
In reply to And who's gonna get there… by Joe Davola
Yep.
What McCabe did is akin to a prosecutor not divulging exculpatory evidence during discovery to the defense.
Obstruction.
In reply to Yatzee- Obstruction of… by jcaz
Lot of "Insurance Policies" floating around in the Dimmosphere, eh?
It's almost like nobody trusts anyone in there.
Ha.
By the way...you can't obstruct what nobody is looking for in the first place. So they got that going for them.
In reply to Yep… by nmewn
"The president was silent for a moment and then turned on McCabe, suggesting he ask his wife how it feels to be a loser...
McCabe replied, "OK, Sir."
Trump then hung up the phone"
GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER!
FBI's McCABE GETS SACKED, TRUMP WINS AGAIN
https://youtu.be/7AdkH_P0Jko
In reply to Lot of "Insurance Policies"… by shovelhead
~"DOJ IG Michael Horowitz, wants to know why McCabe allegedly took little to no action for approximately three weeks on the trove of emails sent by Hillary's top aide, Huma Abedin..."~
Because in October 2016, everyone of Hillary's henchmen at the FBI thought She was going to win and it wouldn't matter...
That's why.
In reply to "The president was silent… by Mango327
It never made any sense that Comey resurrected the Clinton email investigation so close to the election, only to exonerate her days later. Now, a plausible explanation has emerged.
It appears McCabe was stonewalling the investigation to prevent further damage to Clinton prior to the election. Assuming for a moment Comey was initially unaware, but both were in the tank for Hillary, he knew he had a problem once he realized McCabe sat on the evidence. Delaying the investigation would ultimately come back to haunt both he and McCabe, but going public could irreparably harm Hillary. His choice: Go public with no intention of finding her guilty of crimes, and quickly clear her to preserve the appearance of objectivity.
Now, it makes sense. They never counted on Trump winning the election.
Oops. They're in trouble...
In reply to ~"DOJ IG Michael Horowitz,… by Theosebes Goodfellow
Christopher A. Wray appears to be an insider to me. Not liking his comments.
In reply to It never made any sense that… by Twox2
Did Andrew sit on Weiner's LAP or Laptop?
O the Sexual Deviants! :-)
In reply to Christopher A. Wray appears… by DownWithYogaPants
Analysis COMPLETELY WRONG. You can obstruct what no one is looking for. Maybe they're not looking for it because you have hidden, obstructed it. I don't know what you are besides stupid and a fading member of the LOSER GENERATION, but you ain't no lawyer. From now on your posts get a 0-, letter grade LTW lower than whaleshit. Early onset dementia is painful to watch, go play with your oatmeal.
In reply to Lot of "Insurance Policies"… by shovelhead
"Ooopsies" - kind of like the Vegas court missing one redaction in released paperwork of the guy who sold tracer rounds to the shooter.
In reply to Yep… by nmewn
Apparently McCabe got his underlings to change 302s .... every investigation under his watch will be questioned .... including the investigation into Flynn and Trump etc. And let's not forget that he acted as Director for a little while .... Lawyers will have a field day. Popcorn anyone?
In reply to Yep… by nmewn
McCabe: The chosen fall guy to shut this inquiry down
In reply to Yatzee- Obstruction of… by jcaz
McCabe sat on the shit because the F'in fix was in, that's why! And now he ought to be sitting on a cold stone bench in a maximum security jail cell as a traitorous threat to the country for purposefully trying to rig a Presidential election.
In reply to And who's gonna get there… by Joe Davola
from the beginning this has all had a L.A. Confidential script to it. white hats battling black hats, and black hats who don't know they are.
In reply to McCabe sat on the shit… by eclectic syncretist
Mueller has a lot more water carriers.
Ever translate Wasserman?
In reply to And who's gonna get there… by Joe Davola
Another one is what the black hats from FBI did to keep NYPD completely silent on the matter. I figure that took them 8 days to secure.
"You can't review 650,000 emails in 8 days."
Recall, Comey went directly to congress, I believe, to announce reopening the investigation. I doubt it was his idea alone.
In reply to … by macholatte
i want to know who is STILL SITTING ON THE SETH RICH INVESTIGATION CASE FILE?????/ That's what really needs to come out.
where is that file. who has sandbagged it and why?
In reply to Another one is what the… by chunga
It's become a tired cliche but it's is very central elephant in the room with all this theatrical hoopla going on.
In reply to i want to know who is STILL… by hardmedicine
only dupes don't understand the whole Seth Rich thing was completely made up. I don't blame you, the young guy that did it was very smart about placing the story, etc. It is completely fabricated and made up. Its all in black and white. Nobody is covering it up. It is a non story. It was started by a Fox news reporter but condoned by the white house. Now this is the FAKE NEWS you decry....
In reply to i want to know who is STILL… by hardmedicine
Wrong question because they have it all "everything you do is recorded and keep FOREVER" The real question is how much will come out? Do they give enough to calm people down and think things are cleaned up or do they open the PIZZIA box?
MORH POPCORN PLEASE!
In reply to … by macholatte
Much of Dan's output on this subject comes courtesy of Sundance at https://theconservativetreehouse.com/
A site that is well worth watching as this unfolds.
For example, a poster that went to school with Irvanka said that she got a perfect 1600 in her SATS. That is one bright lady.
In reply to … by macholatte
She flunked Math and Science, but not Irony
In reply to Much of Dan's output on this… by JohninMK
Did not fail languages. She speaks 5 of them. How many do you speak?
In reply to She flunked Math and Science… by HerrDoktor
Excellent question!
My guess: A lot.
In reply to … by macholatte
I sure as hell hope Mike Rogers is monitoring all communications between these seditious fucks.
In reply to … by macholatte
If I remember right they were free to destroy the laptops and all data contained thereon when they were returned.
In reply to … by macholatte
If Admiral Mike Rogers is truly the hero he appears to be in all of this, I'd say NSA has preserved much of the evidence even if FBI/CIA destroyed their copies. We shall see. Theconservativetreehouse.com has been excellent intel this whole time.
In reply to … by macholatte
Questions..
Who was the whistleblower a few weeks back?
Will McCabe turn State witness to save his dishonest ass?
In reply to If Admiral Mike Rogers is… by HippieHaulers
Nothing has been destroyed according to Q. Troubling but if that sends a lot of vermin to jail I kind of don't mind for the time being
In reply to … by macholatte
Not enough. IT + automated backups off site is taking down the Deep Black Swamp because their tradecraft wasn't up to the task. Same as the Mossad in the assassination a few years ago, their people and methods were exposed by the video cameras everywhere.
Meta-data everywhere, and every attempt to erase it provides meta-data that they did so.
They can only destroy paper files, but those files have info that transited electronic links and contain files originating on computers, more than hints if someone tries to restore the destroyed paper file. All that is needed is persistence and the knowledge of the file and what it contained. Humint + $.
This reform of government only needs to mandate more openness and they will not be able to build and sustain criminal structures.
In reply to … by macholatte
Yet another example of these deep state Obama-Clintonista rats accusing D. Trump of the crimes they themselves have committed:
Obstruction of Justice
In reply to I'm just glad I lived long… by Killtruck
Speaking of that Criminal Pedofile Wiener. Watching last night that other Pedofile Scum Fuck Schumer & knowing Wiener was his protege made me feel enraged to the point of reaching through the TeeVee & riping out the Duel Citizen larynx with my bare hands.
Pure Evil War Criminal Treasonous Seditious Psychopath Flith
In reply to Yet another example of these… by MagicHandPuppet
All Trump publicity games are for the purposes to divert attention from his real agenda:
Trump is con-man. He is to corrupt and incompetent to do anything American people.
In reply to I'm just glad I lived long… by Killtruck
To worry mostly about Swampers and their careerist maneuvering — including jockeying that violates procedures meant to ensure fair trials — you must have plenty of money. You must not need to worry about paying for a roof over your head, with rent prices soaking up more than half of your earned-only income, while competing for low-wage jobs and apartment units with millions of amnestied immigrants who enjoy wages pumped up by layers of monthly welfare and child tax credits, doubled by RepubliCON Swampers from a max of $6,444, making it easy for them to provide cheap-skate employers with a low-wage / part-time workforce.
In reply to I'm just glad I lived long… by Killtruck
Been listening to him for awhile now.
Never realized how intelligent and well spoken he is. Highly recommended.
In reply to Only found Dan Bongino's… by CuttingEdge
If they put enough pressure on McCabe, he could start singing like a canary. He could be the one that brings down everybody to save his own ass.
In reply to Only found Dan Bongino's… by CuttingEdge
What if they bring everyone on one side of the All-Purple Uniparty down, but all the corrupt policies, like mass amnesties and pay-per-birth welfare & tax welfare, stay the same?
In reply to If they put enough pressure… by Jon_Locke
I am thinking waterboard, sleep deprivation, 24 hour Hilary soundtrack.
That should get him talking
In reply to If they put enough pressure… by Jon_Locke
Bongino is a straight up conservative patriot, ex-Secret Service. Well worth a daily listen.
In reply to Only found Dan Bongino's… by CuttingEdge
Yep. A comedy of errors. First a fake investigation. Then lynch caught doing something stupid. Then Comey feels he has to do something stupid to make up for lynch, but tries to "balance" it with a Hillary admonishment (totally against FBI protocol to denigrate unindicted suspects) then oops oh shit more emails. What,McCabe? You have been sitting on them? Then Comey has to try to jump in again and show balance to try to correct it. This time enraging Dems.
It would seem far simpler to do your job in an apolitical way. Then no one has to try ridiculous hail Mary saves
In reply to the election defeat was so… by giovanni_f
Well you would have to be brain dead or purposely trying to ignore Wieners laptop knowing what a grade A turd he was and being Humidors husband, the sick fuck needs to be castrated.
In reply to Yep. A comedy of errors. … by Vilfredo Pareto
Pagination