UPDATED: Comey Successor: I'll Sound The Alarm If WH Pressures Me On Russia Probe

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By ALICE OLLSTEIN Published MAY 11, 2017 11:06 AM

In the first open Senate Intelligence Committee hearing following FBI Director James Comey’s shocking ouster, Comey’s temporary successor said the bureau’s work investigating alleged connections between the Trump campaign and the Russian government will continue, and he will blow the whistle if the White House attempts to silence or influence the investigation going forward.

“You cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing, protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution,” Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe asserted. The committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), challenged McCabe directly on whether he will report any future attempted interference to the committee.

“Mr. McCabe: While we don’t know how long you will be acting as FBI Director, my first questions for you, even in this public setting, will be for you to assure the Committee that if you come under any political influence from the White House or others to squash this investigation, or impede it in any way, that you will let this Committee know,” Warner said.

When McCabe answered that he would sound the alarm if that meddling came to pass, Warner responded, “It’s critically important that we have that assurance.”

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mark-warner-urges-andrew-mccabe-report-white-house-attempts-quash-fbi-russia-probe

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UPDATE:

McCabe: Comey had broad support within the FBI

By AUSTIN WRIGHT and MARTIN MATISHAK 05/11/17 11:16 AM EDT Updated 05/11/17 11:42 AM EDT

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told the Senate Intelligence Committee that his fired predecessor, James Comey, had not lost the confidence of rank-and-file FBI agents, contradicting a claim by the White House. “Director Comey enjoyed broad support within the FBI and still does to this day,” McCabe said.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/11/andrew-mccabe-vow-report-interference-fbi-russia-238265

[bucolic_frolic]

1. I don't know what fake news is

but I knows it when I sees it

[yallerdawg]

2. I would be far more trusting of McCabe doing this...

than Comey.

It is certainly amazing how much we are hearing from the press and sources after the fact, with a variety of spins!

[turbinetree]

3. McCabe--------------------

[still_one]

6. That is according to WH "senior administration officials" There is no credibility with what this WH

says. I wouldn't trust anything that this administration says, and especially the story that McCabe told Priebus that "the NYT story was BS".

In the letter where trump fires Comey, trump says he was told 3 times by Comey, that Comey told him he was not being investigated for any Russian interactions", and that simply is not true.

I am not saying McCabe, or the FBI can trusted, but I sure know anything that comes out from the trump administration cannot be trusted, and the source for this story is trump's senior administration officials. At least that is how I see it

[MFM008]

4. sure

NOT.

[Cha]

7. lol

[truthisfreedom]

5. Everyone is a temporary successor in this admin.

They're all disposable if they start actually doing their jobs.

[Honeycombe8]

8. Too late. He already HAS influenced the election. Where was your alarm? nt