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'''Andrew McCabe''' (born March 18, 1968) is a RINO who became the Acting [[FBI]] Director upon the firing of [[James Comey]] on May 9, 2017 due to Comey's mishandling of the [[Hillary Clinton email scandal]].  

'''Andrew McCabe''' (born March 18, 1968) is a [[deep state]]r who became the Acting [[FBI]] Director upon the firing of [[James Comey]] on May 9, 2017 due to Comey's mishandling of the [[Hillary Clinton email scandal]].  

On nationwide broadcast of [[CBS]]'s ''[[60 Minutes]]'' on February 16, 2019 McCabe admitted to participating in [[FBI]]-[[DOJ]] [[coup]]-plot to overthrow the [[President of the United States]]. McCabe has also been implicated in the [[Benghazi attack|Benghazi cover-up]], [[Trump-Russia scandal]] and [[Uranium One bribery scandal]].<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/big-league-right-mueller-comey-ringleader-mccabe-exposed-anti-trump-operatives/</ref>

On nationwide broadcast of [[CBS]]'s ''[[60 Minutes]]'' on February 16, 2019 McCabe admitted to participating in [[FBI]]-[[DOJ]] [[coup]]-plot to overthrow the [[President of the United States]]. McCabe has also been implicated in the [[Benghazi attack|Benghazi cover-up]], [[Trump-Russia scandal]] and [[Uranium One bribery scandal]].<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/big-league-right-mueller-comey-ringleader-mccabe-exposed-anti-trump-operatives/</ref>

McCabe was fired for misconduct in March 2018 after a year long internal investigation and on recommendation from the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility for lying to investigators when he claimed FBI Director [[James Comey]] authorized [[leak]]s to the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' about the investigations into the [[Clinton Foundation]] which McCabe oversaw. McCabe's wife had taken $700,000 from Clinton donors shortly after the investigations began and McCabe never recused himself.

McCabe was fired for misconduct in March 2018 after a year-long internal investigation and on recommendation from the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility for lying to investigators when he claimed FBI Director [[James Comey]] authorized [[leak]]s to the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' about the investigations into the [[Clinton Foundation]] which McCabe oversaw. McCabe's wife had taken $700,000 from Clinton donors shortly after the investigations began and McCabe never recused himself.

McCabe lied to FBI internal Inspection Division (INSD) investigators on the very day he became Acting FBI Director. McCabe repeated the lie several times under oath, including to the non-partisan Office of Inspector General. McCabe's case has been referred to the [[US Attorney]] for [[criminal]] prosecution.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/inspector-general-referred-findings-on-mccabe-to-us-attorney-for-consideration-of-criminal-charges/2018/04/19/a200cabc-43f3-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html?utm_term=.e5720a1cd0b0 </ref>

McCabe lied to FBI internal Inspection Division (INSD) investigators on the very day he became Acting FBI Director. McCabe repeated the lie several times under oath, including to the non-partisan Office of Inspector General. McCabe's case has been referred to the [[US Attorney]] for [[criminal]] prosecution.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/inspector-general-referred-findings-on-mccabe-to-us-attorney-for-consideration-of-criminal-charges/2018/04/19/a200cabc-43f3-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html?utm_term=.e5720a1cd0b0 </ref>

Before Andrew McCabe's meteoric rise in the FBI's [[Washington D.C.]] offices, he led the Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force, a joint operation with the New York City Police Department (NYPD). run out of the FBI's New York Field Office in [[Manhattan]]. McCabe supervised the task force who were aggressively chasing and flipping, and in many cases – paying [[Russia]]n organized crime figures as snitches to make high-profile cases.  

Before Andrew McCabe's meteoric rise in the FBI's [[Washington D.C.]] offices, he led the Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force, a joint operation with the New York City Police Department (NYPD). run out of the FBI's New York Field Office in [[Manhattan]]. McCabe supervised the task force who were aggressively chasing and flipping, and in many cases – paying [[Russia]]n organized crime figures as snitches to make high-profile cases.  

Like [[Robert Hanssen]], McCabe always seemed to have his fingers in all things Russia that the FBI was doing. Hanssen worked the same angle for over $1 million in cash and diamonds, working as an inside counterintelligence agent, reporting back to Russia the as a double-agent.

Like [[Robert Hanssen]], McCabe always seemed to have his fingers in all things Russia that the FBI was doing. Hanssen worked the same angle for over $1 million in cash and diamonds, working as an inside counterintelligence agent, reporting back to Russia as a double-agent.

While in New York, McCabe worked in tandem with [[Bruce Ohr]] who often coordinated with McCabe's Russian organized crime task force. Ohr worked Organized Crime too for DOJ.  

While in New York, McCabe worked in tandem with [[Bruce Ohr]] who often coordinated with McCabe's Russian organized crime task force. Ohr worked Organized Crime too for DOJ.  

McCabe maintained an alliance with Russian oligarch [[Oleg  Deripaska]], a [[Putin]] ally connected to organized crime. McCabe met with Deripaska in [[Europe]] without proper clearance from FBI, while Deripaska was a possible target on a FBI organized crime probe.  

McCabe maintained an alliance with Russian oligarch [[Oleg  Deripaska]], a [[Putin]] ally connected to organized crime. McCabe met with Deripaska in [[Europe]] without proper clearance from FBI, while Deripaska was a possible target on an FBI organized crime probe.  

During McCabe's liaisons with Deripaska, [[Peter Strzok]] was running the FBI's Post-Adjudication Risk Management plan, or PARM, a program initiated to catch problematic and criminal associations of FBI agents. Strzok and PARM should have snagged McCabe's Russian associations, especially Deripaska. Many agents were fired for far less, under the stringent internal program.  

During McCabe's liaisons with Deripaska, [[Peter Strzok]] was running the FBI's Post-Adjudication Risk Management plan, or PARM, a program initiated to catch problematic and criminal associations of FBI agents. Strzok and PARM should have snagged McCabe's Russian associations, especially Deripaska. Many agents were fired for far less, under the stringent internal program.  

And by 2015 even officials at the Central Intelligence Agency became concerned about McCabe's contact with Russian officials, according the federal law enforcement sources. The CIA's Counter Espionage Division may have opened a formal a case on McCabe, after intelligence about his contacts with Russians sparked a review of his foreign associates, sources said.

And by 2015 even officials at the Central Intelligence Agency became concerned about McCabe's contact with Russian officials, according to the federal law enforcement sources. The CIA's Counter-Espionage Division may have opened a formal a case on McCabe after intelligence about his contacts with Russians sparked a review of his foreign associates, sources said.

{{Quotebox|"There may have been an official case. I know for a fact he was looked at informally, where we would see what he was doing with foreign contacts. A formal case would be classified and I couldn’t get into the details if it hinged on Russian organized crime,"}} one CIA source confirmed. The agency source said McCabe was on the CIA's radar after 2009 and 2010 when agency officials got word McCabe may have he met with Deripaska in Europe.

{{Quotebox|"There may have been an official case. I know for a fact he was looked at informally, where we would see what he was doing with foreign contacts. A formal case would be classified and I couldn’t get into the details if it hinged on Russian organized crime,"}} one CIA source confirmed. The agency source said McCabe was on the CIA's radar after 2009 and 2010 when agency officials got word McCabe may have he met with Deripaska in Europe.

Originally, Iran disavowed any involvement in his disappearance and many in the U.S. government believed Levinson was dead. In December 2013 – almost six years after he vanished on Iran's Kish Island – it was confirmed that Levinson indeed was alive and in Iranian captivity.

Originally, Iran disavowed any involvement in his disappearance and many in the U.S. government believed Levinson was dead. In December 2013 – almost six years after he vanished on Iran's Kish Island – it was confirmed that Levinson indeed was alive and in Iranian captivity.

An FBI task force who had previously worked his original disappearance was quickly reassembled and dispatched with the perceived goal of getting Levinson back on U.S. soil. U.S. Diplomatic relations with Iran are almost always a mine field but U.S. Intel HUMINT connections are even worse. FBI sources said agents on the task force began reaching out to sources with better diplomatic and business ties to Iran to work back channels to start a dialogue for Levinson's release. Special agents do what special agents do to find a trail: shake the investigative tree of former snitches to see what they know, who they know that can help. And so FBI agents began canvassing Russian mobsters, contacts, and rats who were previously on the FBI payroll. Russia and Vladimir Putin enjoyed decades of strong diplomatic alliances with Iran and for seasoned FBI agents, this was a logical place to start.

An FBI task force who had previously worked his original disappearance was quickly reassembled and dispatched with the perceived goal of getting Levinson back on U.S. soil. U.S. Diplomatic relations with Iran are almost always a minefield but U.S. Intel HUMINT connections are even worse. FBI sources said agents on the task force began reaching out to sources with better diplomatic and business ties to Iran to work back channels to start a dialogue for Levinson's release. Special agents do what special agents do to find a trail: shake the investigative tree of former snitches to see what they know, who they know that can help. And so FBI agents began canvassing Russian mobsters, contacts, and rats who were previously on the FBI payroll. Russia and Vladimir Putin enjoyed decades of strong diplomatic alliances with Iran and for seasoned FBI agents, this was a logical place to start.

But agents working the case soon learned that McCabe had already talked to Russian sources and dialed up snitches and contacts without debriefing the team he was supervising. This was beyond bizarre. FBI Assistant Special Agents in Charge (ASACs) don't conduct ground level investigations.

But agents working the case soon learned that McCabe had already talked to Russian sources and dialed up snitches and contacts without debriefing the team he was supervising. This was beyond bizarre. FBI Assistant Special Agents in Charge (ASACs) don't conduct ground level investigations.

===Sex discrimination allegations===

===Sex discrimination allegations===

[[File:Robyngritz.png|right|250px|thumb|'''Supervisory Special Agent Robyn Gritz.''']]

[[File:Robyngritz.png|right|250px|thumb|'''Supervisory Special Agent Robyn Gritz.''']]

Former Supervisory Special Agent [[Robyn Gritz]] says on her GoFundMe.com page: {{quotebox|I  lost everything including my house fighting [[corruption]] in the FBI. I was an honest agent that knew the American people were my boss. Current FBI management seems to have forgotten that. I was targeted and pushed out.  I continue to fight corruption in the FBI and expose those who are unethical. This account will be for travel and lodging expenses etc for myself and my attorney (which I’m responsible for) when we have to go to court and/or DOJ/FBI for my case. The FBI drags this process out because they know victims can’t afford all of this. Thank you for reading.  You can listen to my hour long interview which let me tell a portion of my story.<ref>https://www.gofundme.com/fighting-fbi-discrimination-and-cor </ref>}}  

Former Supervisory Special Agent [[Robyn Gritz]] says on her GoFundMe.com page: {{quotebox|I  lost everything including my house fighting [[corruption]] in the FBI. I was an honest agent that knew the American people were my boss. Current FBI management seems to have forgotten that. I was targeted and pushed out.  I continue to fight corruption in the FBI and expose those who are unethical. This account will be for travel and lodging expenses etc for myself and my attorney (which I’m responsible for) when we have to go to court and/or DOJ/FBI for my case. The FBI drags this process out because they know victims can’t afford all of this. Thank you for reading.  You can listen to my hour long interview which let me tell a portion of my story.<ref>https://www.gofundme.com/fighting-fbi-discrimination-and-cor </ref>}}  

Appearing on ''Fox and Friends'' Gritz said she began working with Andrew McCabe in 2005 and that McCabe retaliated against her for filing a harassment claim against a supervisor. When she filed the suit, Andrew McCabe signed off on an internal investigation against her, adding that "he know that I was either filing or going to file the [case]. I went through hell for a year and a half. Andy made sure I couldn't get out of the division." Gritz said that McCabe made "nasty, false" comments about her in a meeting -- "lying," she said.<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/amp/article/60820 </ref>  

Appearing on ''Fox and Friends'' Gritz said she began working with Andrew McCabe in 2005 and that McCabe retaliated against her for filing a harassment claim against a supervisor. When she filed the suit, Andrew McCabe signed off on an internal investigation against her, adding that "he know that I was either filing or going to file the [case]. I went through hell for a year and a half. Andy made sure I couldn't get out of the division." Gritz said that McCabe made "nasty, false" comments about her in a meeting -- "lying," she said.<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/amp/article/60820 </ref>  

At the time the Clinton email probe was launched in July 2015, McCabe was running the FBI's [[Washington, D.C.]], field office, which provided personnel and resources to the Clinton email probe. At the end of July 2015, McCabe was promoted to FBI headquarters and assumed the No. 3 position at the agency. In February 2016, he became FBI Director James Comey's second-in-command. As deputy director, McCabe was part of the executive leadership team overseeing the Clinton email investigation. McCabe was instrumental in supervising Hillary's investigation that subsequently cleared her.<ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-24/prominent-democrat-connected-clintons-donated-675000-campaign-deputy-fbi-directors-w</ref>

At the time the Clinton email probe was launched in July 2015, McCabe was running the FBI's [[Washington, D.C.]], field office, which provided personnel and resources to the Clinton email probe. At the end of July 2015, McCabe was promoted to FBI headquarters and assumed the No. 3 position at the agency. In February 2016, he became FBI Director James Comey's second-in-command. As deputy director, McCabe was part of the executive leadership team overseeing the Clinton email investigation. McCabe was instrumental in supervising Hillary's investigation that subsequently cleared her.<ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-24/prominent-democrat-connected-clintons-donated-675000-campaign-deputy-fbi-directors-w</ref>

At the time of McCabe's accession to Acting Director, McCabe was under an internal FBI Inspector General review for [[conflict of interest]].<ref>[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2016-01-12%20DOJ%20OIG%20to%20CEG%20et%20al%20-%20Review%20of%20Clinton%20Investigation%20Process.pdf Horowitz letter to the enate Judiciary Committtee, January 12, 2017]</ref> McCabe, who assisted in writing the bogus Benghazi talking points for [[Susan Rice]] and oversaw the whitewashing of Hillary's email investigation, is married to a candidate for the Virginia state Senate who took $700,000 from [[Terry McAuliffe]]'s PAC while the FBI's investigation of Clinton',s emails was ongoing. McAuliffe simultaneously with Clinton was under FBI investigation for pay-to-play schemes involving a Chinese businessman.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1294661.html</ref> McAuliffe ran [[Bill Clinton]]'s [[United States presidential election, 1996|1996 presidential campaign]] which was marred by a foreign influence peddling scheme known as [[Chinagate]]. Despite evidence, McCabe refused to merge the McCauliffe investigation into the ongoing pay-to-play investigations of the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/10/30/fbi-investigation-bribery-clinton-foundation-spans-nation-multiple-field-offices-says-wsj/</ref> McAuliffe is a Clinton Foundation board member and was [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign|Hillary's 2008 campaign manager]].

At the time of McCabe's accession to Acting Director, McCabe was under an internal FBI Inspector General review for [[conflict of interest]].<ref>[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2016-01-12%20DOJ%20OIG%20to%20CEG%20et%20al%20-%20Review%20of%20Clinton%20Investigation%20Process.pdf Horowitz letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, January 12, 2017]</ref> McCabe, who assisted in writing the bogus Benghazi talking points for [[Susan Rice]] and oversaw the whitewashing of Hillary's email investigation, is married to a candidate for the Virginia state Senate who took $700,000 from [[Terry McAuliffe]]'s PAC while the FBI's investigation of Clinton',s emails was ongoing. McAuliffe simultaneously with Clinton was under FBI investigation for pay-to-play schemes involving a Chinese businessman.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1294661.html</ref> McAuliffe ran [[Bill Clinton]]'s [[United States presidential election, 1996|1996 presidential campaign]] which was marred by a foreign influence-peddling scheme known as [[Chinagate]]. Despite evidence, McCabe refused to merge the McCauliffe investigation into the ongoing pay-to-play investigations of the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/10/30/fbi-investigation-bribery-clinton-foundation-spans-nation-multiple-field-offices-says-wsj/</ref> McAuliffe is a Clinton Foundation board member and was [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign|Hillary's 2008 campaign manager]].

===Stonewalling===

===Stonewalling===

The fact is that McCabe participated in the controversial, high-profile Clinton investigation even though his wife took money from McAuliffe. FBI's senior leadership should never have allowed that appearance of a conflict to undermine the Bureau's important work. The Senate Judiciary Committee inquired if McCabe was involved in approving or establishing the FBI's arrangement with [[Christopher Steele]], or if McCabe vouched for or otherwise relied on the Clinton and Democrat-funded dossier in the course of the investigation. Did the FBI's second-in-command rely on [[Democrat]]-funded opposition research to justify an investigation of the [[Republican]] presidential campaign.<ref>https://nobsopus.blogspot.com/2017/04/grassley-examines-potential-conflicts.html</ref>

The fact is that McCabe participated in the controversial, high-profile Clinton investigation even though his wife took money from McAuliffe. FBI's senior leadership should never have allowed that appearance of a conflict to undermine the Bureau's important work. The Senate Judiciary Committee inquired if McCabe was involved in approving or establishing the FBI's arrangement with [[Christopher Steele]], or if McCabe vouched for or otherwise relied on the Clinton and Democrat-funded dossier in the course of the investigation. Did the FBI's second-in-command rely on [[Democrat]]-funded opposition research to justify an investigation of the [[Republican]] presidential campaign.<ref>https://nobsopus.blogspot.com/2017/04/grassley-examines-potential-conflicts.html</ref>

On March 6, 2017 Sen. Grassley inquired of Dir. Comey about the status of Deputy Dir. Andrew McCabe in relation to the Russia investigation. According to public reports, the FBI agreed to pay the author of the unsubstantiated dossier alleging a conspiracy between Trump associates and the Russians.  The FBI reportedly agreed to pay the author, Christopher Steele, to continue investigating [[Donald Trump]].  Clinton associates paid Steele to create a political opposition research dossier against Trump.  The FBI failed to responded to Sen. Grassley's inquiry.

On March 6, 2017, Sen. Grassley inquired of Dir. Comey about the status of Deputy Dir. Andrew McCabe in relation to the Russia investigation. According to public reports, the FBI agreed to pay the author of the unsubstantiated dossier alleging a conspiracy between Trump associates and the Russians.  The FBI reportedly agreed to pay the author, Christopher Steele, to continue investigating [[Donald Trump]].  Clinton associates paid Steele to create a political opposition research dossier against Trump.  The FBI failed to respond to Sen. Grassley's inquiry.

==Trump-Russia hoax==

==Trump-Russia hoax==

On the same day McCabe assumed the position as Acting Director of the FBI, McCabe was interviewed by FBI internal Inspection Division (INSD) agents about leaks to the ''Wall Street Journal'' two weeks prior to the 2016 election. McCabe denied authorizing his special counsel [[Lisa Page]] to leak the existence of the FBI's investigation into the [[Clinton Foundation]], and denials of his own conflict of interest in that investigation. McCabe further told FBI investigators he did not know who authorized leak.

On the same day McCabe assumed the position as Acting Director of the FBI, McCabe was interviewed by FBI internal Inspection Division (INSD) agents about leaks to the ''Wall Street Journal'' two weeks prior to the 2016 election. McCabe denied authorizing his special counsel [[Lisa Page]] to leak the existence of the FBI's investigation into the [[Clinton Foundation]], and denials of his own conflict of interest in that investigation. McCabe further told FBI investigators he did not know who authorized leak.

On April 13, 2018 the independent and non-partisan Department of Justice Office of Inspector General released its report on McCabe's firing. The OIG report {{Quotebox|concluded that McCabe’s decision to confirm the existence of the [[Clinton Foundation]] Investigation through an anonymously sourced quote, recounting the content of a phone call with a senior Department official in a manner designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of Department leadership, was clearly not within the public interest exception. We therefore concluded that McCabe’s disclosure of the existence of an ongoing investigation in this manner violated the FBI’s and the Department’s media policy and constituted misconduct.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/376296306/DOJ-OIG-Report-on-Andrew-McCabe-April-13th-Release?campaign=SkimbitLtd&ad_group=725X700959X71d69d99c58d16967f9220546379e02c&keyword=660149026&source=hp_affiliate&medium=affiliate </ref>}}

On April 13, 2018, the independent and non-partisan Department of Justice Office of Inspector General released its report on McCabe's firing. The OIG report {{Quotebox|concluded that McCabe’s decision to confirm the existence of the [[Clinton Foundation]] Investigation through an anonymously sourced quote, recounting the content of a phone call with a senior Department official in a manner designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of Department leadership, was clearly not within the public interest exception. We therefore concluded that McCabe’s disclosure of the existence of an ongoing investigation in this manner violated the FBI’s and the Department’s media policy and constituted misconduct.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/376296306/DOJ-OIG-Report-on-Andrew-McCabe-April-13th-Release?campaign=SkimbitLtd&ad_group=725X700959X71d69d99c58d16967f9220546379e02c&keyword=660149026&source=hp_affiliate&medium=affiliate </ref>}}

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.

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