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Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who was reportedly scheduled to testify behind closed doorsin front of the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, will instead meet next week due to a "scheduling error," Department of Justice officials told Fox News.
McCabe’s testimony was likely to, at least in part, focus on Peter Strzok’s role in the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
Strzok is a former deputy to the assistant director at the FBI who was removed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's staff after Mueller learned Strzok had exchanged anti-Trump texts with a colleague.
House investigators previously told Fox News they have long regarded Strzok as a key figure in the chain of events when the bureau, in 2016, received the infamous anti-Trump “dossier,” which launched a counterintelligence investigation into possible Russian meddling in the election.
“This was a routine scheduling error after the dates were switched on an internal email that we are happy to provide the committee,” a Justice Department official told Fox News. “The FBI regrets the error, and we look forward to making both witnesses (the alleged FBI handler for Christopher Steele and McCabe) available prior to the Christmas recess."
McCabe has an Ohr problem,” one Congressional source said.
The supposition is that Justice Department officials realized McCabe would face questions about Ohr and he is not prepared to respond.
The committee is prepared to subpoena all Justice Department documents and records related to the scheduling debacle, the source said. The committee is also prepared to subpoena McCabe to compel his testimony later this week.
Some Capitol Hill sources have expressed reservations that McCabe could retire before various Congressional investigators get to him.
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
Wonder how often these "scheduling problems" happen....
Seems this one is rather convenient for McCabe attempting to get his story right.
Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who was reportedly scheduled to testify behind closed doorsin front of the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, will instead meet next week due to a "scheduling error," Department of Justice officials told Fox News.
McCabe’s testimony was likely to, at least in part, focus on Peter Strzok’s role in the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
Strzok is a former deputy to the assistant director at the FBI who was removed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's staff after Mueller learned Strzok had exchanged anti-Trump texts with a colleague.
House investigators previously told Fox News they have long regarded Strzok as a key figure in the chain of events when the bureau, in 2016, received the infamous anti-Trump “dossier,” which launched a counterintelligence investigation into possible Russian meddling in the election.
But then they add this little tidbit....
“This was a routine scheduling error after the dates were switched on an internal email that we are happy to provide the committee,” a Justice Department official told Fox News. “The FBI regrets the error, and we look forward to making both witnesses (the alleged FBI handler for Christopher Steele and McCabe) available prior to the Christmas recess."
So they had 2 scheduling errors that happened for 2 people that were supposed to talk? Convenient!
McCabe has an Ohr problem,” one Congressional source said.
The supposition is that Justice Department officials realized McCabe would face questions about Ohr and he is not prepared to respond.
The committee is prepared to subpoena all Justice Department documents and records related to the scheduling debacle, the source said. The committee is also prepared to subpoena McCabe to compel his testimony later this week.
Some Capitol Hill sources have expressed reservations that McCabe could retire before various Congressional investigators get to him.
Seems more likely this is about Ohr....and if McCabe retires prior to this all being hashed out, well that would be convenient as well I guess....wondering if we start seeing a cascade of retiring intelligence folks soon....
Source
Robert Mueller is the Democrats' impeachment stalking horse.
originally posted by: elementalgrove
a reply to: Vasa Croe
Tick tock, tick tock tick tock!!!!
I am looking forward to McCabe going down, he should decide flip sooner than later, seems Clintoncide is an option that many decide to take when in his situation.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
this would be bad if the fbi did this to a common criminal....
the fbi did this to the sitting administrations political opposition....they actively sought to undermine our democracy, and through the "special prosecutor" continue to overturn the results of the 2016 election
this is madness
originally posted by: Grambler
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
this would be bad if the fbi did this to a common criminal....
the fbi did this to the sitting administrations political opposition....they actively sought to undermine our democracy, and through the "special prosecutor" continue to overturn the results of the 2016 election
this is madness
Yep and under whose watch did this happen?
Obama.
Look for him and his cronies to claim he had no idea about the dossier or fisa warrants or an investigation into trumps team.
Well, until he heard it on the news.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
originally posted by: Grambler
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
this would be bad if the fbi did this to a common criminal....
the fbi did this to the sitting administrations political opposition....they actively sought to undermine our democracy, and through the "special prosecutor" continue to overturn the results of the 2016 election
this is madness
Yep and under whose watch did this happen?
Obama.
Look for him and his cronies to claim he had no idea about the dossier or fisa warrants or an investigation into trumps team.
Well, until he heard it on the news.
this story alone will relegate him to the ash heap of history
the ends do not justify the means
GREENE: Nevertheless, Bamford says Trump could be considering Rogers to be his next director of national intelligence. Was it appropriate for someone who is within the military chain of command to meet with the incoming president without telling the current commander in chief?
BAMFORD: I don't know what the rules are, but it certainly is unethical, I would think, to quietly sneak off to New York and meet with an incoming administration without even having the courtesy of telling them that you're going to do it.
GREENE: Might that tell us something about tensions that exist between Mike Rogers and President Obama?
BAMFORD: I've never seen that there's really that much in terms of tensions. I think there was disappointment in his tenure, and they were about to fire him. You know, there are two things that he could have gone up to New York for. One was to see if he could keep his current job, and the second thing would be to take the director of National Intelligence. That was really the only two options he had open to him.
IMO some of the swamp creatures, those that can't stand the light of day, will simply self drain. That'll make the job easier/cheaper and I suspect we'll see a fair amount of it. There are many ways to drain a swamp.
wondering if we start seeing a cascade of retiring intelligence folks soon....