The '''FBI scandal''' began as a series of abuses within the [[Obama administration]].
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The '''FBI scandal''' began as a series of abuses within the [[Obama administration]], principally
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FBI Director [[James Comey]], FBI Asst. Director [[Andrew McCabe]], FBI Chief Legal Counsel James Baker, FBI Counterintelligence Head Bill Priestap, and FBI Deputy Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok were all involved. Additionally Attorneys General [[Eric Holder]], [[Loretta Lynch]], Deputy Attns. Gen. Sally Yates, Bruce Ohr, DOJ National Security Division head John P Carlin, and FBI/DOJ lawyer Lisa Page are also implicated.
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*the cover-up of the [[Hillary Clinton email scandal]; and
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*the [[Russian collusion hoax]] in which the FBI performed illegal wiretaps on the Trump campaign in a effort to thwart his election in 2016, and attempted to remove [[Donald Trump]] from office after he was elected.
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FBI Director [[James Comey]], FBI Asst. Director [[Andrew McCabe]], FBI Chief Legal Counsel James Baker, [[Chief of staff]] of the Director James Rybicki, FBI Counterintelligence Head Bill Priestap, and FBI Deputy Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok were all involved. Additionally Attorneys General [[Eric Holder]], [[Loretta Lynch]], Deputy Attns. Gen. Sally Yates, Bruce Ohr, DOJ National Security Division head John P Carlin, and FBI/DOJ lawyer Lisa Page were also implicated.