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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 02:22 PM Sep 2018

Prosecutors use grand jury as investigation of Andrew McCabe intensifies

Source: The Washington Post



By Matt Zapotosky

September 6 at 2:06 PM

Federal prosecutors have for months been using a grand jury to investigate former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe — an indication that the probe into whether he misled officials exploring his role in a controversial media disclosure has intensified, two people familiar with the matter said.

The grand jury has summoned more than one witness, the people said, and the case is ongoing. The people declined to identify those who had been called to testify.

The presence of the grand jury shows prosecutors are treating the matter seriously, locking in the accounts of witnesses who might later have to testify at a trial. But such panels are sometimes used only as investigative tools, and it remains unclear if McCabe will ultimately be charged.

A spokesman for U.S. attorney’s office in D.C., which has been handling the probe, declined to comment, as did a spokeswoman for McCabe.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/prosecutors-use-grand-jury-as-investigation-of-andrew-mccabe-intensifies/2018/09/06/aa922b2e-b137-11e8-9a6a-565d92a3585d_story.html

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Botany

(70,547 posts)
1. So it wasn't Trump and Russia working hand in hand to rig the elections but the FBI and McCabe's ...
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 02:48 PM
Sep 2018

... investigations that was the crimes?

Botany

(70,547 posts)
3. This might be one more case of Trump and the GOP making the investigators out to be "the bad guys"..
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 02:52 PM
Sep 2018

.....but I can't get past the paywall to read the article.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,027 posts)
7. Re: WaPo
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 03:00 PM
Sep 2018

Try turning cookies off, clearing any Washington Post cookies, and clicking the link again.

I surf with cookies off and seem to get WaPo okay.

 

lancelyons

(988 posts)
8. I suspect he grand jury will come back and say.. no evidence of any wrong doing for McCabe.
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 04:23 PM
Sep 2018

This has all been an attempt by Trump to go after his adversaries. Plain and simple.

SkatmanRoth

(843 posts)
10. This is an example of a real witch hunt
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 05:53 AM
Sep 2018

Trump has ordered the Justice Department to go after anyone in the FBI who was conducting investigations that could implicate the Trump campaign. The purpose is to make any investigator think twice about perusing Trump. To the Trump supporters, McCabe is just collateral damage.

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