EXCLUSIVE: The curious travel habits of then Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe. Right before the 2016 election, in the midst of crisis, HE SKIPS TOWN. Where was he going? Very likely….……LONDON 🇬🇧
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Cast your minds back to Oct 27 2016. It's only twelve days before the 2016 election. At the time, now-fired Andrew McCabe was Deputy Director of the FBI, running day-to-day operations for 35,000 employees, with **A LOT** on his plate
* In Sep, new Hilary Clinton emails had been discovered on Anthony Weiner’s laptop in New York. The ‘Mid Year Exam” case was about to be re-opened, throwing the FBI/election into turmoil. McCabe emails @Comey at 5:30am on Oct 27 to set up a meeting, but he's not there himself
* McCabe was also in the middle of engineering a criminal leak to the WSJ’s @DevlinBarrett, revealing the existence of the Clinton Foundation investigation. He ultimately lies about it, and following an OIG investigation and OPR recommendation, is fired by the Attorney General
* Also a week earlier (Oct 21 2016), the FBI had finally obtained a FISA warrant to carry out surveillance on @carterwpage (and those he was communicating with), as part of the “Crossfire Hurricane” counterintelligence operation. So, a lot going on, all hands on deck.....
* Ex MI6 Spy Christopher Steele is also preparing to unload his "dossier" to most of the media, with a major leak of his memos happening on Oct 31 () and on the same day, the FBI leaks it has an open investigation into Trump/Russia ()
🚨 So, why does McCabe *SKIP TOWN FOR FOUR DAYS?*🚨
Really? Yes. There was something very curious in the @JusticeOIG report into Andy McCabe, that many people noticed, but hadn't fully solved. It says McCabe is “out of town for four days” (Oct 27-30 2016), but where exactly he was is REDACTED: oig.justice.gov/reports/2018/o…
A check of the Peter Strzok / Lisa Page text messages shows that McCabe was almost certainly in LONDON 🇬🇧. Page says she "checked with her boss" (McCabe) about "London". Strzok discusses "Brits" and the FBI's overseas legal attache operations ("Legat")
A verification check shows that “London, UK”, would fit the redaction 🇬🇧
What was McCabe doing in London? Who was he meeting? Whatever (and whoever it was), it may have been more important than:
1. His own reputation & an important leak to the WSJ
2. The Clinton email investigation
3. The follow up work from the first FISA warrant
1. His own reputation & an important leak to the WSJ
2. The Clinton email investigation
3. The follow up work from the first FISA warrant
Horowitz ALSO considered that where McCabe was for those four days was important enough to specifically redact. I could be wrong, but I doubt he's protecting McCabe's privacy for a family trip to @MadameTussauds
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