Federal prosecutors recommend that Andrew McCabe, former FBI second-in-command, be indicted

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THE DICTATOR IS GOING AFTER HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES......

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have recommended bringing criminal charges against Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI and a frequent target of criticism by President Donald Trump, a person familiar with the decision said Thursday.

McCabe was fired from the FBI just before his retirement in March 2018 after the Justice Department's internal watchdog concluded that he had improperly authorized a leak about a federal investigation into the Clinton Foundation in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign. Investigators also concluded that he displayed a lack of candor when asked about the leak.

McCabe's lawyers had asked the Justice Department's principal deputy attorney general to overrule the recommendation that he be indicted, according to the person, who was not authorized to comment publicly on the communications. The department rejected that request, clearing the way for a criminal charge.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to questions about the case.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/12/andrew-mccabe-prosecutors-recommend-charges-former-fbi-official/2301473001/

[Iliyah]

1. oops I misread the article . . .

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Barr may not allow indictment . . .

[LenaBaby61]

2. Welp ...

tRump's DOJ prosecuting McCabe because tRump WANTS him prosecuted.

tRump's such a corrupt, vindictive asshole.

[Freethinker65]

3. Pretty sure McCabe was under GOP pressure to leak.

Does Barr really want to find out who in the FBI was leaking anti-Hillary stuff while protecting any anti-Trump investigation stuff from getting out??
Not too smart.
I have a feeling McCabe and the government will come to a monetary agreement in which McCabe walks, but signs effectively an NDA.

[ScratchCat]

4. I have no problem with this AS LONG

As every newspaper and media organization shouts from the rooftops that this has NOTHING to do with McCabe's participation in the investigation against Trump but has EVERYTHING to do with the he and other FBI agents trying to harm Hillary Clinton's electoral chances. He SHOULD be prosecuted for what he did, regardless of what he did to "investigate" Trump once he became President.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. I still have a major problem with this.

Much like Comey's firing, trying to center this around the Clinton email investigation is a pathetically transparent means to an end.

It's wrong, period.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. Didn't the IG recently refuse to recommend criminal charges against him

Or am I thinking about Comey?

[Hortensis]

7. I'm just fine with that. :) McCabe put his career on the line

in 2016 for the Republican leadership and those they serve, and they didn't save him from the consequences. Trump's enmity is merely a falling out among thieves.

And let's remember, McCabe broke the law and misused the power of his position when he interfered to influence the election against Democrats. He should be in prison. And the punishment should be proportional to the huge crime committed against the American people.

Was this the only highly questionable if not outright criminal action or one of a string over many months like Comey's?

[ScratchCat]

8. The part that burns me the most

Is that the entire time McCabe and Comey were making public statements about Clinton and leaking knowledge of investigations they already knew that Russia was interfering to help Trump yet they still did everything in their power to harm Clinton. It makes little sense to me.

[Hortensis]

9. We need investigation for the "sense." How about the DNC hacking?

The FBI knew Russia was in the DNC's files and surveilled the hacking over months, all the while knowing that the DNC leadership had no idea and wasn't protecting itself.

At some point they'd had an agent call an IT employee or subcontractor at the DNC, who didn't believe it was really the FBI and so did nothing and told no one about the call. Imagine, the fate of our nation endangered because an FBI agent missed the lesson on how to identify himself. Of course, that doesn't explain why calls and appointments weren't made to people in authority.