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'Its time to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Trump'
- Former FBI Director, Andrew McCabe
Former acting FBI
Director Andrew McCabe on Thursday said that the time has come to begin an
impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
During an interview
with CNN, Chris Cuomo asked McCabe, "Do you believe that an
impeachment inquiry is warranted based on what you understand and what has come
out of the Mueller report?" "Absolutely, I think we are clearly there
with the results of the special counsel team," McCabe said.
He went on to add,
"there are so many witnesses who could provide important essential
testimony to Congress that can only be done in the scope of an impeachment
inquiry." He said "that action should be taken immediately," and
that it is "beside the point" whether the inquiry results in articles
of impeachment.
"I think the
American people have a right to hear from the witnesses and understand exactly
what actions the President engaged in, and they have the opportunity to factor
that information into their decisions, their voting decisions, whatever that
might be going forward. The time has come to get that information out," he
said.
Former Attorney
General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe in March 2018, less than two days shy of his
expected retirement on his 50th birthday, when he would have become eligible to
receive early retirement benefits. Trump had regularly taunted McCabe and
accused him of misleading internal investigators at the Justice Department.
McCabe's dismissal
followed an inspector general report that concluded he had misled investigators
about his role in directing other officials at the FBI to speak to The Wall
Street Journal about his involvement in a public corruption investigation into
the Clinton Foundation.
After his firing,
McCabe fired back, charging that his dismissal was part of a larger effort by
the administration to discredit the FBI and the special counsel's investigation
into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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