February 14, 2020
The Department of Justice has informed former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe he will not face criminal prosecution for lying to FBI investigators. The lawyers for Andrew McCabe shared the DOJ letter:
The DOJ inspector general had previously sent a criminal referral based on the OIG investigation of Mr. McCabe leaking to the media and then lying to FBI investigators four times, three times under oath in 2017, about his activity. [OIG Report HERE]
During an immediate appearance on CNN the former FBI Deputy Director criticized the Department of Justice for putting his “family through this experience.” McCabe said it was an “insult” and a “disgrace” for the DOJ to put him through this for two years.
Tom Elliott@tomselliottAndrew McCabe: “As glad as I am that the DoJ and the DC attorney’s office finally decided to do the right thing today, it’s an absolute disgrace that they took 2 years and put my family through this experience for two years before they finally drew the obvious conclusion.”
Lawyers for Mr. McCabe released the following statement:
As a reminder, this was the previous summary from an investigation carried out by the Office of Inspector General:
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