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==Misconduct==

==Misconduct==

[[File:Mccabe-1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The Inspector General found McCabe had lied three times under oath.]]

[[File:Mccabe-1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The Inspector General found McCabe had lied three times under oath.]]

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 the 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>}}