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*'''Dir. Comey fired; [[Andrew McCabe]] assumes position as Acting FBI Director'''.  

*'''Dir. Comey fired; [[Andrew McCabe]] assumes position as Acting FBI Director'''.  

:*McCabe begins counterintelligence and criminal investigation of Trump.

:*McCabe begins counterintelligence and criminal investigation of Trump.

:*McCabe is interviewed the same day by FBI internal Inspection Division (INSD) agents about leaks to the ''Wall Street Journal'' days prior to the 2016 election. McCabe denies authorizing his special counsel Lisa Page to leak the existence of the FBI's [[Clinton Foundation]] investigation in October 2016 and denials of his own conflict of interest in that investigation. McCabe further tells FBI investigators he did not know who authorized leak.

:*McCabe is interviewed the same day by FBI internal Inspection Division (INSD) about leaks he authorized to the ''Wall Street Journal'' days prior to the 2016 election. McCabe denies authorizing his special counsel Lisa Page to leak the existence of the FBI's [[Clinton Foundation]] investigation in October 2016 and denials of his own conflict of interest in that investigation. McCabe further tells FBI investigators he did not know who authorized leak.

::*McCabe's lying to INSD agents is cited as one of three instances of his lying to investigators leading to his firing.

::*McCabe also is implicated in the FBI's offer to pay Christopher Steele for more fabricated information in Hillary Clinton's opposition research ''Steele dossier''. Neither did McCabe recuse himself from the Russia investigation, despite failing to act on a FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) complaint against FusionGPS, Christopher Steele's employer, as an unregistered foreign agent of the Russian government.

::*McCabe also is implicated in the FBI's offer to pay Christopher Steele for more fabricated information in Hillary Clinton's opposition research ''Steele dossier''. Neither did McCabe recuse himself from the Russia investigation, despite failing to act on a FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) complaint against FusionGPS, Christopher Steele's employer, as an unregistered foreign agent of the Russian government.

:*Within two hours Strzok and Lisa Page exchange messages: {{quotebox|Strzok - “We need to open the case we’ve been waiting on now while Andy [McCabe] is acting [director].”<br>Lisa Page - "We need to lock in [redacted, likely Trump]. In a formal chargeable way. Soon."<br>Strzok - "I agree. I've been pushing and I'll reemphasize with Bill [ [[Priestap]] ]."}}  

:*Within two hours Strzok and Lisa Page exchange messages: {{quotebox|Strzok - “We need to open the case we’ve been waiting on now while Andy [McCabe] is acting [director].”<br>Lisa Page - "We need to lock in [redacted, likely Trump]. In a formal chargeable way. Soon."<br>Strzok - "I agree. I've been pushing and I'll reemphasize with Bill [ [[Priestap]] ]."}}