Bloomberg Law
April 14, 2018, 12:08 AM UTC

Justice Department Watchdog Faults McCabe for Lack of Candor

Chris Strohm

• Trump tweets that former FBI official ‘LIED. LIED! LIED!’ • McCabe’s lawyer cites attorney general’s ‘rush to termination’

Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe lacked candor on four different occasions regarding his role in providing information to a news reporter about the FBI’s investigation into the Clinton Foundation, according to a Justice Department inspector general’s report.

President Donald Trump quickly seized on the report, saying of McCabe in a tweet: “He LIED! LIED! LIED! McCabe was totally controlled by Comey -- McCabe is Comey!! No collusion, all made up by this den of thieves and lowlifes!”

The inspector general also found that McCabe ...

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