EXCLUSIVE: Fired FBI Official (McCabe) Authorized Criminal Probe Of Sessions, Sources Say

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Nearly a year before Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired senior FBI official Andrew McCabe for what Sessions called a "lack of candor," McCabe oversaw a federal criminal investigation into whether Sessions lacked candor when testifying before Congress about contacts with Russian operatives, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Democratic lawmakers have repeatedly accused Sessions of misleading them in congressional testimony and called on federal authorities to investigate, but McCabe's previously-unreported decision to actually put the attorney general in the crosshairs of an FBI probe was an exceptional move.

One source told ABC News that Sessions was not aware of the investigation when he decided to fire McCabe last Friday less than 48 hours before McCabe, a former FBI deputy director, was due to retire from government and obtain a full pension, but an attorney representing Sessions declined to confirm that.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/exclusive-fired-fbi-official-authorized-criminal-probe-sessions-202203624--abc-news-topstories.html

[edpc]

It would be really amusing if Trump used this as an excuse to fire Sessions, after he fired a guy the president wanted gone.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find that McCabe had intentionally planted this land mine, just in case he was fired.

[endicom]

It would be really amusing if Trump used this as an excuse to fire Sessions, after he fired a guy the president wanted gone.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find that McCabe had intentionally planted this land mine, just in case he was fired.

I don't recall Eric "Wingman" Holder getting this treatment.

[edpc]

Narrative of 'retrubution' and 'obstruction' to follow, if the story gets traction.

[aligncare]

It would be really amusing if Trump used this as an excuse to fire Sessions, after he fired a guy the president wanted gone.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find that McCabe had intentionally planted this land mine, just in case he was fired.

Yes, Sessions fired McCabe, as head of Justice. But, the firing was made upon the recommendation of the FBI and it’s Office of Professional Responsibility because McCabe lied to them.

Trump played no part in the firing, nor did Sessions, except in his capacity as attorney general carrying out his responsibilities in firing employees of Justice.

But you still hear MSNBC, CNN, NYT and the rest of the hate Trump media laying this at the feet of Trump and Sessions. They’re so dishonest.

[libertybele]

It would be really amusing if Trump used this as an excuse to fire Sessions, after he fired a guy the president wanted gone.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find that McCabe had intentionally planted this land mine, just in case he was fired.

I would love to see Trump fire Sessions, but he needs to be very careful as to who he brings in to replace him. I would hope that he would have someone waiting in the wings before he fired him; a person willing to fire Rosenstein and Mueller!