{"id":32991,"date":"2018-04-03T16:07:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T20:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32991"},"modified":"2018-04-03T16:07:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T20:07:49","slug":"im-not-sure-the-editorial-was-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32991","title":{"rendered":"I’m Not Sure The Editorial Was A Good Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Townhall.com<\/a> posted an article today that sheds a little more light on the firing on Andrew McCabe<\/a>. As usual, there was more to the story than we were initially told. It should also be noted that his wife, Jill, recently <\/span>posted an editorial in The Washington Post stating that there was not conflict of interest on his part because of her Senate campaign.<\/p>\n

The article reminds us of Mrs. McCabe’s claim:<\/p>\n

His wife, Jill, a doctor, penned an op-ed in The Post<\/em> about her failed 2015 Virginia Senate run and how there was no conflict of interest. There have been allegations that McCabe\u2019s donations from pro-Clinton Gov. Terry McAuliffe<\/a>\u2019s PAC during that run, which exceeded $400,000, was a sort of down payment for political protection since soon after her campaign ended, Mr. McCabe became deputy director, where one of his tasks was to oversee the investigation into Hillary Clinton\u2019s email fiasco…<\/strong><\/p>\n

The editorial was a preemptive strike. The Townhall article cites a Judicial Watch<\/a> report that states:<\/p>\n

The documents also show repeated use of the official FBI<\/a> email system in connection with Mrs. McCabe\u2019s political campaign. For example:<\/strong><\/p>\n

On March 13, 2015, Mrs. McCabe emails to her husband\u2019s official FBI email account a draft press release announcing her run for state Senate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In August 2015, McCabe uses his official FBI email account to advise a redacted recipient to visit his wife\u2019s campaign website: \u201cJill has been busy as hell since she decided to run for VA state senate<\/a> (long story). Check her out on Facebook as Dr. Jill McCabe for Senate.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

On November 2, 2015, Mrs. McCabe forwards an email to her husband \u2013 then the Assistant Director in Charge<\/a> of the FBI\u2019s Washington Office \u2013 that accuses her opponent of extorting local businessmen. The email was sent to her husband\u2019s official FBI account.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The documents include an October 2016 letter from House Government Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz<\/a> to McCabe questioning a possible conflict of interest by noting that Clinton headlined a Virginia fundraiser on June 26, 2015, for Mrs. McCabe. \u201cA significant amount was donated after the FBI had initiated its investigation and begun meeting with Secretary Clinton<\/a>\u2019s attorneys in August 2015.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The documents also show that FBI leadership was sensitive to reports of FBI internal dissent with then-Director Comey\u2019s handling of the Clinton investigation. On October 24, 2016, Mrs. McCabe forwarded to Director McCabe a True Pundit article titled, \u201cFBI Director Lobbied Against Criminal Charges For Hillary After Clinton Insider Paid His Wife $700,00.\u201d The story reported that former FBI Executive Assistant Director John Giacalone resigned in the middle of the Clinton email investigation because he saw it going \u201csideways\u201d and that Jill McCabe received money from a PAC headed by McAuliffe, who was under investigation by the FBI for campaign finance law violations. McCabe forwarded the article to Comey, noting \u201cFYI. Heavyweight source.\u201d Comey replied to McCabe, copying Chief of Staff James Rybicki, saying, \u201cThis still reads to me like someone not involved in the investigation at all, maybe somebody who heard rumors \u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThese new documents show that the FBI leadership was politicized and compromised in its handling of the Clinton email investigation,\u201d said Tom Fitton<\/a>, Judicial Watch President. \u201cIt well past time for a do-over on the Clinton emails<\/a> that requires a new, honest criminal investigation of her misconduct.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

So now we know that McCabe lied to the FBI, violated the Hatch Act, and was probably totally compromised in his investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails. I guess there were sufficient reasons to fire him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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