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From May 9, 2017 to August 2, 2017, McCabe was the Acting Director of the FBI after [[James Comey]] was [[Dismissal of James Comey|dismissed]] by President [[Donald Trump]]. U.S. [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Jeff Sessions]] stated that McCabe was one of several candidates under consideration for Director. President Trump ultimately chose [[Christopher A. Wray]], the former [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General]] for the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]]'s Criminal Division, to succeed Comey.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/us/politics/christopher-wray-fbi-director.html|title=Trump Picks Christopher Wray to Be F.B.I. Director |last=Thrush |first=Glenn|date=2017-06-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-06-07|last2=Davis|first2=Julie Hirschfeld|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Once Wray was sworn in, McCabe returned to the position of Deputy Director.<ref>Max Kutner. [http://www.newsweek.com/christopher-wray-fbi-director-andrew-mccabe-deputy-645600 Under New Bureau Head, Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe to Remain as Deputy, Despite Trump’s Allegations]. ''Newsweek''. 2 Aug 2017</ref> |
From May 9, 2017 to August 2, 2017, McCabe was the Acting Director of the FBI after [[James Comey]] was [[Dismissal of James Comey|dismissed]] by President [[Donald Trump]]. U.S. [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Jeff Sessions]] stated that McCabe was one of several candidates under consideration for Director. President Trump ultimately chose [[Christopher A. Wray]], the former [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General]] for the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]]'s Criminal Division, to succeed Comey.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/us/politics/christopher-wray-fbi-director.html|title=Trump Picks Christopher Wray to Be F.B.I. Director |last=Thrush |first=Glenn|date=2017-06-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-06-07|last2=Davis|first2=Julie Hirschfeld|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Once Wray was sworn in, McCabe returned to the position of Deputy Director.<ref>Max Kutner. [http://www.newsweek.com/christopher-wray-fbi-director-andrew-mccabe-deputy-645600 Under New Bureau Head, Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe to Remain as Deputy, Despite Trump’s Allegations]. ''Newsweek''. 2 Aug 2017</ref> |
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McCabe is set to retire from his position at the FBI in early 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/facing-republican-attacks-fbis-deputy-director-plans-to-retire-early-next-year/2017/12/23/b4802b8c-e67a-11e7-a65d-1ac0fd7f097e_story.html|title=Facing Republican attacks, FBI’s deputy director plans to retire early next year|last=Barrett|first=Devlin|date=2017-12-23|work=Washington Post|access-date=2017-12-23|last2=Demirjian|first2=Karoun|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> |
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FBI Director James Comey appointed McCabe as [[Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Deputy Director]] of the FBI on January 29, 2016, and he assumed those duties on February 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/andrew-mccabe-named-deputy-director-of-the-fbi |title=Andrew G. McCabe Named Deputy Director of the FBI |publisher=[[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] |date=January 29, 2016 |accessdate=October 31, 2016}}</ref> |
FBI Director James Comey appointed McCabe as [[Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Deputy Director]] of the FBI on January 29, 2016, and he assumed those duties on February 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/andrew-mccabe-named-deputy-director-of-the-fbi |title=Andrew G. McCabe Named Deputy Director of the FBI |publisher=[[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] |date=January 29, 2016 |accessdate=October 31, 2016}}</ref> |
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The Inspector General of the Department of Justice and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee are investigating McCabe for concerns that he should have recused himself from the investigation of [[Hillary Clinton email controversy|Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server]] because of a potential conflict of interest caused by donations to his wife's Virginia State Senate campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grassley Examines Potential Conflicts in Top FBI Official’s Role in Russia Collusion Probe|url=https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-examines-potential-conflicts-top-fbi-official%E2%80%99s-role-russia-collusion|website=www.grassley.senate.gov|accessdate=12 May 2017|date=28 March 2017}}</ref><ref name= |
The Inspector General of the Department of Justice and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee are investigating McCabe for concerns that he should have recused himself from the investigation of [[Hillary Clinton email controversy|Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server]] because of a potential conflict of interest caused by donations to his wife's Virginia State Senate campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grassley Examines Potential Conflicts in Top FBI Official’s Role in Russia Collusion Probe|url=https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-examines-potential-conflicts-top-fbi-official%E2%80%99s-role-russia-collusion|website=www.grassley.senate.gov|accessdate=12 May 2017|date=28 March 2017}}</ref><ref name=investigate /> |
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⚫ | On May 9, 2017, McCabe became acting Director of the FBI after James Comey was dismissed by President Donald Trump.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-09/trump-fires-fbi-director-james-comey-on-sessions-recommendation-j2i3tjfl|title=Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey Amid Russia Meddling Probe|last=Strohm|first=Chris|date=May 9, 2017|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|access-date=2017-05-10 |last2=Talev |first2=Margaret|last3=Dennis|first3=Steven T.}}</ref> In the absence of a Senate-confirmed Director, the Deputy Director automatically becomes acting Director.<ref name=":3" /> Statute allows the president to choose an interim FBI director (acting Director) outside of the standard order of succession.<ref>{{cite web|title=Designation of Officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/d/07-714/p-17|website=Federal Register |accessdate=11 May 2017|pages=7341–7344|date=14 February 2007}}</ref> That process began on May 10, 2017, as Attorney General [[Jeff Sessions]] and Deputy Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] interviewed four candidates to serve as interim FBI director.<ref name="NPR">{{cite web |last1=Keith |first1=Tamara |title=Despite Recusal Pledge, Sessions Interviewing Candidates For Interim FBI Director|url=http://www.npr.org/2017/05/10/527780171/despite-recusal-pledge-sessions-interviewing-candidates-for-interim-fbi-director|website=NPR|accessdate=May 11, 2017|date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> Sessions said that McCabe was "also under consideration."<ref name=NPR /> |
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===Controversies=== |
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[[File:Andrew McCabe official photo.jpg|thumb|left|McCabe's first official portrait as Deputy Director]] |
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====Hillary Clinton email inquiry==== |
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In March 2015, Andrew McCabe's wife Jill McCabe announced her campaign for a [[Virginia State Senate]] seat.<ref name="jill">{{cite web |url=http://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/mcauliffe-blames-political-silly-season-for-article-linking-virginia-senate/article_d9193ce0-4f1b-54c8-aacc-7d96d4f2d925.html|title=McAuliffe blames political 'silly season' for article linking Virginia Senate race to Clinton email probe|date=24 October 2016 |website=www.roanoke.com|publisher=Roanoke Times|language=en|last1=Moomaw|first1=Graham|accessdate=12 May 2017}}</ref> Her campaign received donations amounting to more than $675,000 from former [[Democratic National Committee]] chairman [[Terry McAuliffe]]'s political organization and from the [[Democratic Party of Virginia]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/clinton-ally-aids-campaign-of-fbi-officials-wife-1477266114|title=Clinton Ally Aided Campaign of FBI Official’s Wife|last=Barrett|first=Devlin|date=October 24, 2016|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=May 10, 2017|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref name="investigate">{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-acting-director-andrew-mccabe-clinton-emails-606801|title=FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe is also under review for the Clinton email investigation|last=Kutner|first=Max|date=May 10, 2017|work=Newsweek|access-date=May 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-examines-potential-conflicts-top-fbi-official%E2%80%99s-role-russia-collusion|title=Grassley Examines Potential Conflicts in Top FBI Official’s Role in Russia Collusion Probe|last=|first=|date=March 28, 2017|website=Chuck Grassley|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512030338/https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-examines-potential-conflicts-top-fbi-official%E2%80%99s-role-russia-collusion|archive-date=May 12, 2017|dead-url=no|quote=|accessdate=May 12, 2017}}</ref> In July 2015, the FBI initiated its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. At that time, Andrew McCabe was running the FBI’s Washington, D.C., field office, which provided personnel and resources to the Clinton email probe.<ref name=":4" /> Because of this, Republicans have criticized McCabe for not [[Judicial disqualification|recusing]] himself from investigations regarding the Hillary Clinton email controversy.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gerstein |first=Josh |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/09/trump-fires-fbi-director-james-comey-238175 |title=Trump shocks with ouster of FBI's Comey |date=May 9, 2017 |work=Politico |accessdate=May 10, 2017}}</ref> |
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In 2016, the FBI released a statement about her candidacy, saying that Andrew McCabe "played no role, attended no events, and did not participate in fundraising or support of any kind. Months after the completion of her campaign, then-Associate Deputy Director McCabe was promoted to Deputy, where, in that position, he assumed for the first time, an oversight role in the investigation into Secretary Clinton’s emails."<ref name=":4" /> Trump referred to this controversy during his campaign at rallies held in Florida, where he said, "The man who was in charge of the investigation of Hillary Clinton accepted essentially from Hillary Clinton $675,000 that went to his wife."<ref name=jill /><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/oct/26/donald-trump/facts-dispute-donald-trumps-claim-donation-fbi-spo/|title=Trump says state senate donations led to FBI email coverup |last=Emery|first=C. Eugene|date=October 26, 2016|work=Politifact|accessdate=May 10, 2017}}</ref> Some have attempted to refute any conflict of interest about McCabe on the basis that Jill McCabe's campaign finished several months before he became Deputy Director of the FBI and was brought in to oversee the Clinton email investigation.<ref name=":5" /> |
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[[Michael E. Horowitz]], [[United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General|Inspector General]] of the [[United States Department of Justice]], announced on January 12, 2017 that he would be reviewing the allegations that Andrew McCabe should have recused himself, among other concerns about the handling of the Clinton email controversy.<ref>{{cite web|title=FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe is also under review for the Clinton email investigation|url=http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-acting-director-andrew-mccabe-clinton-emails-606801|website=Newsweek|accessdate=11 May 2017|language=en|date=10 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2016-01-12%20DOJ%20OIG%20to%20CEG%20et%20al%20-%20Review%20of%20Clinton%20Investigation%20Process.pdf|title=2016-01-12 DOJ OIG to CEG et al - Review of Clinton Investigation Process |last=Horowitz |first=Michael E.|date=January 12, 2016|website=U.S. Department of Justice|format=pdf|accessdate=May 10, 2017}}</ref> |
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In February 2017, McCabe was criticized alongside FBI Director James Comey in 2017 for speaking with [[White House Chief of Staff]] [[Reince Priebus]] about an ongoing investigation of [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://time.com/4682791/fbi-russia-reince-priebus-andrew-mccabe-justice-rules/|title=The FBI Talked to the White House About Its Russia Probe. That Was Probably Against the Rules |last=Calabresi |first=Massimo |date=February 24, 2017|website=Time|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/fbi-refused-white-house-request-to-knock-down-recent-trump-russia-stories/index.html|title=FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories|last=Sciutto|first=Jim|last2=Perez|first2=Evan|date=February 24, 2017|website=CNN|accessdate=May 10, 2017 |last3=Prokupecz|first3=Shimon|last4=Raju|first4=Manu |last5=Brown|first5=Pamela}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Revision as of 03:59, 24 December 2017
Andrew McCabe | |
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Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
Assumed office February 1, 2016 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Mark F. Giuliano |
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting | |
In office May 9, 2017 – August 2, 2017 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | James Comey |
Succeeded by | Christopher A. Wray |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrew George McCabe May 5, 1968 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Jill McCabe |
Education | Duke University (BA) Washington University in St. Louis (JD) |
Andrew George McCabe[1] (born May 5, 1968) is an American attorney who is the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
From May 9, 2017 to August 2, 2017, McCabe was the Acting Director of the FBI after James Comey was dismissed by President Donald Trump. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions stated that McCabe was one of several candidates under consideration for Director. President Trump ultimately chose Christopher A. Wray, the former Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Criminal Division, to succeed Comey.[2] Once Wray was sworn in, McCabe returned to the position of Deputy Director.[3]
McCabe is set to retire from his position at the FBI in early 2018.[4]
Career
McCabe graduated from The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1986.[5] He graduated from Duke University in 1990 and obtained a J.D. degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1993.[6][1] During law school he interned in the criminal division of the United States Department of Justice.[6] Because of a hiring freeze,[6] McCabe spent three years in a private law practice before joining the FBI in 1996.[7]
McCabe began his FBI career in the New York Field Office.[7] While there, he was on the SWAT team.[8] In 2003, he began work as a supervisory special agent at the Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force.[9] Later, McCabe held management positions in the FBI Counterterrorism Division,[7] the FBI National Security Branch[10] and the FBI's Washington Field Office.[11] In 2009, he served as the first director of the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, a program to research interrogation techniques that was created after the Department of Defense Directive 2310 ban of waterboarding and other interrogation techniques.[6] McCabe was part of the investigation of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.[8] McCabe secured the arrest of Ahmed Abu Khattala for suspected involvement in the 2012 Benghazi attack.[8]
FBI Director James Comey appointed McCabe as Deputy Director of the FBI on January 29, 2016, and he assumed those duties on February 1, 2016.[12]
The Inspector General of the Department of Justice and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee are investigating McCabe for concerns that he should have recused himself from the investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server because of a potential conflict of interest caused by donations to his wife's Virginia State Senate campaign.[13][14]
On May 9, 2017, McCabe became acting Director of the FBI after James Comey was dismissed by President Donald Trump.[15] In the absence of a Senate-confirmed Director, the Deputy Director automatically becomes acting Director.[10] Statute allows the president to choose an interim FBI director (acting Director) outside of the standard order of succession.[16] That process began on May 10, 2017, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein interviewed four candidates to serve as interim FBI director.[17] Sessions said that McCabe was "also under consideration."[17]
Controversies
Hillary Clinton email inquiry
In March 2015, Andrew McCabe's wife Jill McCabe announced her campaign for a Virginia State Senate seat.[18] Her campaign received donations amounting to more than $675,000 from former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe's political organization and from the Democratic Party of Virginia.[19][14][20] In July 2015, the FBI initiated its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. At that time, Andrew McCabe was running the FBI’s Washington, D.C., field office, which provided personnel and resources to the Clinton email probe.[19] Because of this, Republicans have criticized McCabe for not recusing himself from investigations regarding the Hillary Clinton email controversy.[21]
In 2016, the FBI released a statement about her candidacy, saying that Andrew McCabe "played no role, attended no events, and did not participate in fundraising or support of any kind. Months after the completion of her campaign, then-Associate Deputy Director McCabe was promoted to Deputy, where, in that position, he assumed for the first time, an oversight role in the investigation into Secretary Clinton’s emails."[19] Trump referred to this controversy during his campaign at rallies held in Florida, where he said, "The man who was in charge of the investigation of Hillary Clinton accepted essentially from Hillary Clinton $675,000 that went to his wife."[18][22] Some have attempted to refute any conflict of interest about McCabe on the basis that Jill McCabe's campaign finished several months before he became Deputy Director of the FBI and was brought in to oversee the Clinton email investigation.[22]
Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General of the United States Department of Justice, announced on January 12, 2017 that he would be reviewing the allegations that Andrew McCabe should have recused himself, among other concerns about the handling of the Clinton email controversy.[23][24]
2016 election investigation
In February 2017, McCabe was criticized alongside FBI Director James Comey in 2017 for speaking with White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus about an ongoing investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.[25][26]
Personal life
McCabe is married to Dr. Jill McCabe, a pediatrician. They have two children. McCabe is a triathlete who bikes 35 miles to his office from his home in Virginia.[8]
References
- ^ a b "The School of Law" (PDF), One Hundred and Thirty-Second Commencement, Washington University in St. Louis, p. 35, 1993
- ^ Thrush, Glenn; Davis, Julie Hirschfeld (2017-06-07). "Trump Picks Christopher Wray to Be F.B.I. Director". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ^ Max Kutner. Under New Bureau Head, Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe to Remain as Deputy, Despite Trump’s Allegations. Newsweek. 2 Aug 2017
- ^ Barrett, Devlin; Demirjian, Karoun (2017-12-23). "Facing Republican attacks, FBI's deputy director plans to retire early next year". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
- ^ "McCabe '86 Named Acting FBI Director". The Bolles School. Retrieved May 13, 2017.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d Wilber, Del Quentin (May 5, 2016). "FBI's new second-in-command makes decisions, not headlines". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Andrew McCabe". CNBC. September 26, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Adam Goldman; Matt Apuzzo (12 May 2017). "Andrew McCabe Is Known at F.B.I. for His Precision and Intellect". The New York Times. p. A18. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ Clemens, Jay (July 31, 2015). "Andrew McCabe Named FBI Associate Deputy Director". ExecutiveGov. Executive Mosaic. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015.
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- ^ "Grassley Examines Potential Conflicts in Top FBI Official's Role in Russia Collusion Probe". www.grassley.senate.gov. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ a b Kutner, Max (May 10, 2017). "FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe is also under review for the Clinton email investigation". Newsweek. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- ^ Strohm, Chris; Talev, Margaret; Dennis, Steven T. (May 9, 2017). "Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey Amid Russia Meddling Probe". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
- ^ "Designation of Officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation". Federal Register. 14 February 2007. pp. 7341–7344. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ a b Keith, Tamara (May 10, 2017). "Despite Recusal Pledge, Sessions Interviewing Candidates For Interim FBI Director". NPR. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ^ a b Moomaw, Graham (24 October 2016). "McAuliffe blames political 'silly season' for article linking Virginia Senate race to Clinton email probe". www.roanoke.com. Roanoke Times. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Barrett, Devlin (October 24, 2016). "Clinton Ally Aided Campaign of FBI Official's Wife". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ "Grassley Examines Potential Conflicts in Top FBI Official's Role in Russia Collusion Probe". Chuck Grassley. March 28, 2017. Archived from the original on May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
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- ^ a b Emery, C. Eugene (October 26, 2016). "Trump says state senate donations led to FBI email coverup". Politifact. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ "FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe is also under review for the Clinton email investigation". Newsweek. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ Horowitz, Michael E. (January 12, 2016). "2016-01-12 DOJ OIG to CEG et al - Review of Clinton Investigation Process" (pdf). U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ Calabresi, Massimo (February 24, 2017). "The FBI Talked to the White House About Its Russia Probe. That Was Probably Against the Rules". Time. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
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