Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe
Andrew George McCabeHillicon Valley: CEOs of Google, Facebook and Twitter to testify before Senate | European Union police agency warns of increase in cybercrime | Twitter to remove posts hoping for Trump's death Graham officially schedules hearing on Trump's Supreme Court pick to start Oct. 12 The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump eager to leave the hospital MORE on Tuesday said that his former agency had “many reasons” to open its “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign.
At a much-anticipated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, McCabe explained that the bureau began investigating after it received word that the Trump campaign may have been involved. He also highlighted President Trump
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James Brien ComeyThe Memo: Trump retains narrow path to victory Analysis: Where the swing states stand in Trump-Biden battle Spies are trying to influence the election — US spies, that is MORE in 2017 after he refused to close the agency’s investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Trump told the Russians that firing Comey “relieved a lot of pressure” that was on him, McCabe noted.
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“We had many reasons at that point to believe that the president might himself pose a danger to national security and that he might have engaged in obstruction of justice if the firing of the director and those other things were geared towards eliminating or stopping our investigation of Russian activity,” McCabe said.
McCabe’s testimony comes as part of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s probe into the origins of the investigation and former special counsel Robert Mueller
Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE’s subsequent inquiry. The committee is also probing the courts created by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
McCabe was originally supposed to testify last month, but the hearing was pushed back due to coronavirus concerns.
After 22 months, Mueller’s probe did not find enough evidence to charge members of the Trump campaign over allegations they coordinated or conspired with Moscow to sway the election in their favor.
Mueller declined to testify before the panel, but Comey testified in late September about the investigation.
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“I would say in the main it was done by the book, it was appropriate and it was essential that it be done. ... There are parts of it that are concerning … but overall I’m proud of the work,” Comey said.
Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates
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Trump and longtime allies, including Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin GrahamMost Republicans avoid challenging Trump on election Trump has told advisers he's thinking about running in 2024: report Graham to urge McConnell to probe mail-in voting if GOP controls Senate next year MORE (R-S.C.) have long said that the Russia investigation was politically motivated and was used a chance to spy on the Trump campaign and his presidency.
An inspector general found that there was not political bias in launching the probe, but was critical of the FBI seeking surveillance of Page.
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