ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: Fired FBI official authorized criminal probe of Sessions, sources say
Nearly a year before Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired senior FBI official Andrew McCabe for what Sessions called a "lack of candor," McCabe oversaw a federal criminal investigation into whether Sessions lacked candor when testifying before Congress about contacts with Russian operatives, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Democratic lawmakers have repeatedly accused Sessions of misleading them in congressional testimony and called on federal authorities to investigate, but McCabe's previously-unreported decision to actually put the attorney general in the crosshairs of an FBI probe was an exceptional move.
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WNU Editor: The Attorney General's lawyer is denying this story .... Sessions' lawyer: AG not under investigation for false statements (USA TODAY). I do recall at the time that the Democrats were demanding an investigation .... but that was a year ago .... and Attorney General Sessions is still here. And speaking of the Mueller investigation, it looks like a key witness has fled the country .... EXCLUSIVE: Mueller probe witness who met Jared Kushner and was 'best friends' with Steve Bannon flees the country after being revealed as a pedophile (Daily Mail).
More News On U.S. Attorney General Sessions Being Investigated By The FBI
FBI Investigated Sessions for Possible Perjury Over Russia Denials -- New York Times
Mueller Investigated Sessions for Perjury on Russia Statements -- Bloomberg
Andrew McCabe reportedly oversaw criminal probe of Jeff Sessions -- Washington Times
Andrew McCabe reportedly oversaw a criminal investigation into Jeff Sessions nearly a year before Sessions fired him -- Business Insider
Attorney General Jeff Sessions 'not under investigation' by special counsel Robert Mueller for perjury, lawyer says -- CNBC
