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Pres. Trump threatens to 'get involved' in fight to obtain McCabe text messages
2018-08-12
[FOX] President Trump on Saturday threatened to "get involved" in the fight by a conservative watchdog to obtain text messages by fired deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe related to his wife’s 2015 state senate campaign.

"Why isn’t the FBI giving Andrew McCabe text messages to Judicial Watch or appropriate governmental authorities," he tweeted.

"FBI said they won’t give up even one (I may have to get involved, DO NOT DESTROY). What are they hiding? McCabe wife took big campaign dollars from Hillary people....."

Judicial Watch has been fighting to gain access to McCabe’s messages related to his wife Jill’s 2015 Virginia state senate campaign. The Wall Street Journal first reported in October 2016 that Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s political action committee , gave nearly $467,500 to her campaign. The Virginia Democratic Party spent an addition $207,788 on the campaign.

The revelation raised concerns that the substantial donation biased the former deputy director and had an impact on the investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server. In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Jill McCabe responded to the claims, noting that her husband’s involvement in the Clinton probe came after the race was over.

"Now that I can speak on my own behalf, I want people to know that the whole story that everything is based on is just false and utterly absurd," she said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  Timeline in HRC investigation:
Timeline of key dates reported by CNN writer.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-08-12 11:29  

#5  The FBI launched their investigation into HRC's emails on July 15, 2015.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-08-12 11:06  

#4  Jill McCabe responded to the claims, noting that her husband’s involvement in the Clinton probe came after the race was over.

July 10, 2015 -- The FBI opened a criminal investigation, code-named "Midyear Exam," into Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information while secretary of state.

Jill McCabe's state office run was in 2015. The DOJ IG had an ongoing investigation prior to 7/15/15. It's not like there wasn't prior interest in HRC's mishandling of classified info. In an article dated July 1, 2015 by the Washington Examiner it reported that Hillary Clinton had already lied before Congress regarding her emails. So what Dr. McCabe said about the impossibility of a quid pro quo arrangement with these McAuliffe/state Dem funds does't hold water. Also what she said does not preclude WH prior involvement in these HRC investigations.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-08-12 08:55  

#3  Declassify and release ALL the info without redactions. Watch the cockroaches run
Posted by: Frank G   2018-08-12 07:41  

#2  Take a scalp every chance you get. That ïs what they are doing to us.
Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147   2018-08-12 04:21  

#1  Don't. You have a full deck already.
Posted by: newc   2018-08-12 00:24  

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