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FBI Dep. Dir. Andrew McCabe instructed FBI lawyer [[Lisa Page]] and FBI public affairs chief [[Michael Kortan]] to work with ''Wall Street Journal'' reporter Devlin Barrett on reports about sizeable campaign donations from Democrats to McCabe's wife, Jill, during her campaign for the Virginia state senate. McCabe subsequently denied he authorized the leaks, and in March 2018 was fired for lying to investigators when Lisa Page's text messages proved otherwise.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/05/new-details-about-basis-for-andrew-mccabes-firing-from-fbi-revealed.html</ref> In the interim, McCabe served as Acting FBI Director while Deputy Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] appointed Robert Mueller to head up the Russia collusion hoax investigation.
FBI Dep. Dir. Andrew McCabe instructed FBI lawyer [[Lisa Page]] and FBI public affairs chief [[Michael Kortan]] to work with ''Wall Street Journal'' reporter Devlin Barrett on reports about sizeable campaign donations from Democrats to McCabe's wife, Jill, during her campaign for the Virginia state senate. McCabe subsequently denied he authorized the leaks, and in March 2018 was fired for lying to investigators when Lisa Page's text messages proved otherwise.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/05/new-details-about-basis-for-andrew-mccabes-firing-from-fbi-revealed.html</ref> In the interim, McCabe served as Acting FBI Director while Deputy Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] appointed Robert Mueller to head up the Russia collusion hoax investigation.
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The IG found {{quotebox|In assessing the decision to prioritize the Russia investigation over following up on the Midyear-related [Clinton] investigative lead discovered on the Weiner laptop, we
were particularly concerned about text messages sent by Strzok and Page that potentially indicated or created the appearance that investigative decisions they made were impacted by bias or improper considerations. Most of the text messages raising such questions
pertained to the Russia investigation, and the implication in some of these text messages, particularly Strzok’s August 8 text message (“we’ll stop” candidate Trump from being elected), was that Strzok might be willing to take official action to impact a presidential
candidate’s electoral prospects. Under these circumstances, we did not have confidence that Strzok’s decision to prioritize the Russia investigation over following up on the Midyear-related investigative lead discovered on the Weiner laptop was free from bias.}}
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*'''Early October.''' Christopher Steele, the Yemen-born author of anti-Trump “dossier,” meets in New York with David Corn, Washington-bureau chief of ''Mother Jones''.
*'''Early October.''' Christopher Steele, the Yemen-born author of anti-Trump “dossier,” meets in New York with David Corn, Washington-bureau chief of ''Mother Jones''.