FBI Director Wray "Shocked To His Core" By FISA Memo, McCabe 'Removed' Next Day, More Heads To Roll: Report
FBI Director Christopher Wray was allegedly "shocked to his core"
after viewing the four-page FISA memo Sunday night - hours before
asking Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe to step down, according to
journalist Sara Carter. FBI Director Christopher WrayHannity
sat down once again with journalist Sara Carter, whose sources say
McCabe may have instructed FBI agents to alter their "302" forms - the
paperwork an agent files after interviewing someone:
Carter: What we know tonight is that FBI Director Christopher
Wray went Sunday and reviewed the four-page FISA memo. The very next
day, Andrew McCabe was asked to resign. Remember Sean, he was
planning on resigning in March - that already came out in December. This
time they asked him to go right away. You're not coming into the
office. I've heard rep[orts he didn't even come in for the morning
meeting - that he didn't show up.
Hannity: A source of mine told me tonight that when Wray read this, it shocked him to his core.
Sara Carter: Shocked him to his core, and not only that, the
Inspector General's report - I have been told tonight by a number of
sources, there's indicators right now that McCabe may have asked
FBI agents to actually change their 302's - those are their interviews
with witnesses. So basically every time an FBI agent interviews a witness, they have to go back and file a report.
Hannity: Changes? So that would be obstruction of justice?
Carter: Exactly. This is something the Inspector General is investigating. If this is true and not alleged, McCabe will be fired. I heard they are considering firing him within the next few days if this turns out to be true.
Carter said that McCabe "quitting" is just the beginning, and that more resignations will be coming.
As we reported yesterday, McCabe was "removed" from his post as
deputy director, "leaving the bureau after months of
conflict-of-interest complaints from Republicans including President
Trump." Several media outlets reported
that McCabe is using his remaining vacation days to go on "terminal
leave" and that his official retirement from the agency won't happen
until March, allowing him to collect the full pension.
And as we noted last week, FBI Director Wray threatened to resign after being pressured by AG Jeff Sessions.
Around the time of the reports of his impending retirement, McCabe had spent several marathon sessions answering questions from Congressional committees behind closed doors.
It was expected that McCabe would hang on until early March, when he
would become eligible for his full pension. It's unclear why he's
choosing to step down early.
McCabe's accelerated resignation may a sign that Trump appointee Christopher Wray - who succeeded James Comey as FBI Director - is finally cleaning house.
According to Axios, McCabe
may be leaving in anticipation of the release of an inspector general's
report on how the FBI handled the Clinton email investigation.
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