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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