by Benjamin Arie
Call
it cosmic payback or reaping what you sow — either way, life has a way
of swinging back like a boomerang and hitting people with a strong dose
of reality.
That’s what former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe just found out,
but he seems oblivious to the irony. The bureau figure who was fired for
leaking to the press is now complaining about how unfair it is that
there are leaks from the FBI, at the same time as he’s
demanding immunity
in exchange for his testimony to the Senate committee investigating the
bureau’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
McCabe is one of the figures in the middle of several political bias
scandals at the FBI, including the discredited “Trump dossier” and apparent spying by the FBI against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Back in March, the second-in-command at the FBI
was fired
by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The reason was simple: McCabe
repeatedly leaked sensitive information to the media and then lied about
it.
A report from the Department of Justice’s inspector general explained
that McCabe was funneling details about a Clinton Foundation
investigation to The Wall Street Journal, and was then dishonest about
where the leak had come from… namely, himself.
“The report states that McCabe authorized another FBI agent to leak
information about an ongoing investigation into (the) Clinton Foundation
to The Wall Street Journal
, not in the interest of the public, but for his own personal gain,” summarized
The Federalist.
That official report
goes on to explain in detail how McCabe “lacked candor” —
bureaucrat-speak for “lied” — about leaks at least three times,
including under oath.
Now, showing just how tone-deaf the former bureau official truly is,
McCabe is complaining about leaks from the FBI… yes, the same
organization where he was fired for leaking like a sieve.
In a letter sent
to the Senate Judiciary Committee by McCabe’s attorney on his behalf,
the disgraced former FBI deputy director essentially whined to lawmakers
and declared that he was “outraged” that leaks about a criminal
investigation of his alleged wrongdoings were taking place.
“(A)s the result of a stream of leaks from the Department of Justice,
it is now well-known that the (Office of Inspector General) has made
a criminal referral to the United States Attorney’s Office for the
District of Columbia,” the former deputy complained through his
attorney.
“As you know, the grounds for such a referral is the very low
standard of ‘reasonable grounds to believe there has been a violation of
Federal criminal law,'” the letter continued, bizarrely implying that
reasonable suspicion of a federal crime was a bad reason to investigate
someone.
“Even so […] these leaks have forced us to acknowledge the criminal referral,” the letter admitted.
The complaining and finger-pointing over the same type of leaking that McCabe was fired for doing didn’t stop there.
“And, unfortunately, the stream of leaks has continued: As recently
as last Thursday, additional leaks led to the reporting of specific
investigative steps allegedly taken by the United States Attorney’s
Office in response to the referral,” the document stated.
“We are outraged by these leaks and last Friday requested
an investigation by the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional
Responsibility into the source(s) of the leaks,” McCabe’s attorney
explained.
That’s right: Apparently, leaking information to the media and then lying about it is completely fine when it can damage Donald Trump, but McCabe is suddenly “outraged” when similar leaks start actually hurting him.
Maybe he’s just upset that he’s not the only snitch in town.
Incredibly, the former deputy director then demanded immunity from
prosecution in order to testify to Congress about matters related to the
crimes — leaking and lying — that he’s accused of committing.
“Mr. McCabe is willing to testify, but because of the criminal
referral, he must be afforded suitable legal protection,” the letter
declared. “Accordingly, we hereby request that the Judiciary Committee
authorize a grant of use immunity to Mr. McCabe,” it stated.
If there was still any doubt about why cronies like James Comey and Andrew McCabe needed to go, this should clear it up.
They see themselves as special and above the law, and can’t seem to
even comprehend that their own actions — and the culture of leaking that
they created — have consequences.
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