Jill McCabe: The president [#Trump] attacked my reputation. Its time to set the record straight.
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Best to read the entire article. So sad. This family is torn.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jill-mccabe-the-president-attacked-my-reputation-its-time-to-set-the-record-straight/2018/04/02/e6bbcf66-366b-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.html?utm_term=.0451571c641f
Jill McCabe: The president attacked my reputation. It’s time to set the record straight.
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Opinion | Jill McCabe breaks her silence. Here's why you should care.
Imagine being the accidental agent of your husband's demise. Deputy Editorial Page Editor Ruth Marcus explains why she asked Jill McCabe to break her silence. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)
By Jill McCabe April 2 at 7:18 PM
Jill McCabe, an emergency room pediatrician, is married to former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe.
I am an emergency room pediatrician and an accidental politician ...........................................
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I lost my race in November 2015. It was disappointing, and particularly hard for me because I have always been the kind of person who gives everything her all. But I felt good about my effort and enjoyed returning to normal life.
Almost a year later, everything changed. A reporter called my cellphone on a Sunday in October 2016, asking questions about contributions to my campaign and whether there had been any influence on Andrew’s decisions at the FBI.
This could not be further from the truth. In fact, it makes no sense. Andrew’s involvement in the Clinton investigation came not only after the contributions were made to my campaign but also after the race was over. Since that news report, there have been thousands more, repeating the false allegation that there was some connection between my campaign and my husband’s role at the FBI.
After the 2016 election, I thought for a while that it was all over — at least now that President-elect Trump won, he would stop coming after us. How naive that was. After then-FBI Director James B. Comey was fired, we knew that Andrew could be the next target of the president’s wrath.
Then the president started tweeting about how the contributions to my campaign made it clear that Andrew (and all the senior leadership at the FBI) were corrupt and that he should be removed. It went one step further in the days before Christmas, when the president made threats related to my husband’s retirement.
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Nothing can prepare you for what happens when your life is turned upside down by current events............................................................ Nothing prepares you for the fear you feel every time you receive a package from a stranger.
I have spent countless hours trying to understand how the president and so many others can share such destructive lies about me. Ultimately I believe it somehow never occurred to them that I could be a serious, independent-minded physician who wanted to run for office for legitimate reasons. They rapidly jumped to the conclusion that I must be corrupt, as part of what I believe to be an effort to vilify us to suit their needs..............................................
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President Trump has repeatedly attacked Dr. Jill McCabe, wife of the former acting FBI director.
Now, she's breaking her silence.
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