2/21/2019

ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former acting-FBI Director Andrew McCabe said Thursday [2-21-19] that top lawmakers ‘knew exactly’ that the FBI had opened a counterintelligence inquiry into President Donald Trump when they were briefed on the status of the Russia investigation shortly after the 2017 firing of FBI Director James Comey. McCabe, in an interview with reporters linked to the continuing rollout of his new book, offered additional details surrounding the bureau’s extraordinary action against the president and the secret briefing provided to Congress’ Gang of Eight outlining the bureau’s decision…While opening such an inquiry would have served as a blunt acknowledgment that federal investigators regarded the president as a possible threat to national security, McCabe said this week that none of the lawmakers objected to the action. McCabe said the investigative action was ultimately prompted by Comey’s firing and Trump’s alleged efforts to persuade Comey to drop the agency’s investigation into Russian contacts involving former national security adviser Michael Flynn.”

Kevin Johnson, “Andrew McCabe ‘confident’ top lawmakers understood FBI had launched probe into President Trump,” USA Today, February 21, 2019 4:34 pm