STATEMENT OF VIRGINIA SENATOR DICK BLACK: FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Must Resign For Conflicts of Interest in the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal
Oct 24, 2016, 03:14 ET
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hillary Clinton's defense against charges that she has lawlessly handled classified information in her emails, and by using her private email server, has been that the FBI performed a complete investigation and found no violation of law. This morning, thanks to investigative reporting by the Wall Street Journal1 and Fox News2, we may understand why the FBI dropped the case. Governor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia, a Clinton confidant, directed almost $800,000 into the political coffers of the wife of this high-ranking FBI official overseeing the email investigation.1
I call on FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who, it is reported, was responsible for "overseeing the Clinton email investigation," to resign immediately based on disclosures from a front-page Wall Street Journal article today.
Last year, I ran for re-election to the Virginia State Senate against Jill McCabe. I was astonished at how much money she was able to raise --- $1.8 million. How convenient for your husband to be a high-ranking FBI official with lots of potential influence.
Andrew McCabe's wife, Jill, received $467,500 of her campaign budget from Governor Terry McAuliffe's political action committee. And the Virginia Democratic Party, which is under his strong influence, gave another $207,788 to Jill McCabe's campaign.1
Few people in the country are closer to Hillary than our illustrious Governor, who has served her interests for decades. He even served as Chair of Hillary's 2008 national presidential campaign and was a potential VP running mate. When Hillary needs rescuing, Terry McAuliffe has always been there to do whatever needs to be done.
Meanwhile, the career of Jill McCabe's husband, Andrew McCabe, has taken off within the FBI. In July 2015, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, was promoted to third in command at the FBI. In January 2016, McCabe became second in command of the FBI under Director James B. Comey.
The last eight years of Democrat rule led to politicization and distrust of the nation's leading law enforcement agency --- the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
As an attorney, and a former JAG officer who has had responsibilities over the investigation and prosecution of crimes, I am at a loss to see how the FBI could possibly allow Andrew McCabe to oversee the investigation of Mrs. Clinton's email server scandals. Mr. McCabe was clearly indebted to the Clinton Campaign because of the support given his wife.
McCabe should have immediately recused himself from the investigation. His failure to do so proves that he is unqualified to serve as Deputy Director of the FBI, or in any position of trust in the United States Government.
1 http://www.wsj.com/articles/clinton-ally-aids-campaign-of-fbi-officials-wife-1477266114
2 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/24/clinton-ally-aided-campaign-fbi-officials-wife.html#
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SOURCE Senator Richard Black