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Comey told 3 FBI officials about his conversations with Trump — all 3 have now been forced out or reassigned
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- Former FBI director James Comey told three FBI officials — Andrew McCabe, James Rybicki, and James Baker — about his conversations with President Donald Trump prior to his firing.
- All three officials have since been forced out or reassigned within the bureau.
Trump's decision to fire Comey, and his conversations with the FBI director before his removal, now make up the basis of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether the president sought to obstruct justice when he dismissed Comey last May. At the time, Comey was overseeing the FBI's Russia investigation, which Trump has characterized as a "hoax" and a "witch hunt."
Comey testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee last year that Trump repeatedly asked him for his loyalty and to drop the FBI's investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn pleaded guilty in December to one count of making false statements to investigators about his Russia contacts.
Comey told former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe; his chief of staff, James Rybicki; and FBI general counsel James Baker about his conversations with Trump.
McCabe was fired on Friday, one day before he was set to retire. His firing came amid an internal investigation into his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, which found that he made unauthorized disclosures to the media about the probe while it was ongoing.
McCabe said in a statement Friday that he had been "singled out" because of the events he witnessed after Trump fired Comey. The FBI deputy director's termination also came following a string of public attacks on his integrity from the president, who claimed McCabe had put his thumb on the scale in favor of Clinton.
Rybicki resigned from the FBI in late January to accept a job in the corporate sector.
He became a target of Republican criticism for his role in helping craft a memo that exonerated Hillary Clinton in the investigation into her use of a private email server as secretary of state. He answered questions from members of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees earlier in January concerning his work on the Clinton investigation and on Comey's claims that Trump asked him to pledge his loyalty before firing him in May 2017.
Following his resignation, there was significant speculation that Rybicki had been forced out of the FBI amid pressure from congressional Republicans over his involvement in the Clinton investigation and his association with Comey.
Baker, meanwhile, was a close friend and longtime associate of Comey's, and his reassignment within the bureau in December was not entirely unexpected.
When FBI Director Chris Wray was appointed to replace James Comey, it was widely understood that he would bring in his own team, including a new general counsel and, potentially, a new deputy.
But the timing of Baker's reassignment led some current and former FBI officials to wonder whether it was a politically motivated decision made under pressure from Trump and his allies in Congress and the media.
It was later reported that Attorney General Jeff Sessions — an early and ardent Trump supporter — pressured Wray to oust McCabe and Baker to make a "fresh start" at the FBI.
In my opinion, this is WORSE than Comey's firing.
By who?
Mueller? He's not taking Sessions out without striking at Trump at the same time.
Sure he's on borrowed time, but that doesn't stop him from fukkn over the lives of regular citizens.
Lack candor when your bosses boss is on some beanie Siegel get down or lay down shyt brehs
Incredibly important to understand if you think getting rid of Sessions restores balance to this situation.
Mueller is trying to save the country from Trump and the Russians, when the FBI needs to be saved from itself.
Trump hyped up the prospects of an appointee being fired yesterday. It appears to have been a smokescreen for the real firing being McCabe. We are witnessing some real earth-shattering shyt.
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Don’t associate Baghdad Bob with manbearpig. Bob was a bullshyt and fukkery innovator. There has never been another one like him. Manbearpig can’t shine his shoes. She just grunts and strokes off Dotard.
This is wild because its basically saying Trump wanted McCabe to prosecute Hillary