An FYI about McCabe for those focused entirely on the Russian bullshit. McCabe's conflict of interest on the investigation into Clinton's emails pales next to this investigation.
"Grassley also hit McCabe over a gender-discrimination complaint filed against the FBI. The senator said Flynn filed a letter of support for the FBI agent who reported the discrimination.
“That evidence and the failure to recuse calls into question whether Mr. McCabe handled the Flynn investigation fairly and objectively, or whether he had any retaliatory motive against Flynn for being an adverse witness to him in a pending proceeding,” Grassley wrote."
Grassley goes after acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe
G g g g GO Grassley! My new hero on the hill!
Grassley: Why hasn't acting FBI chief recused himself on Flynn?
By
Jordain Carney - 06/29/17 11:08 AM EDT
Sen.
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding to know why Andrew McCabe hasn't recused himself from a probe into former Trump adviser Michael Flynn, arguing the acting FBI director is creating the "appearance of political bias."
Grassley sent Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein a letter this week asking what steps he will take to "address the appearance of political and other conflicts of interest."
"[The] evidence and the failure to recuse calls into question whether Mr. McCabe handled the Flynn investigation fairly and objectively, or whether he had any retaliatory motive against Flynn for being an adverse witness to him in a pending proceeding," Grassley wrote.
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The letter marks the latest escalation of Grassley's long-running feud with McCabe, whom he accused in early May of casting a "
significant cloud of doubt" over the FBI. He called for McCabe to not be allowed to take over the bureau in the wake of former FBI Director James Comey's firing.
According to a Circa news report, cited by Grassley, three former FBI officials heard McCabe making "disparaging remarks about Flynn before and during the time ... [he] emerged as a figure in the Russia case.”
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Grassley: Why hasn't acting FBI chief recused himself on Flynn?