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McCabe says he ordered the obstruction of justice probe of President Trump (CBS News)
Soon after speaking to President Trump about the firing of his boss James Comey, Andrew McCabe, who became the bureau’s acting director, began obstruction of justice and counterintelligence investigations involving the president and his ties to Russia. In his first television interview since his own firing, McCabe tells 60 Minutes’ Scott Pelley he wanted those inquiries to be documented and underway so they would be difficult to quash without raising scrutiny.
“I wanted to make sure that our case was on solid ground and if somebody came in behind me and closed it and tried to walk away from it, they would not be able to do that without creating a record of why they made that decision,” McCabe tells Pelley in the interview.
The interview with the veteran FBI agent who rose to acting director of the bureau will be broadcast on 60 Minutes, Sunday, February 17 at 7:00 p.m., ET/PT on CBS. [Read More]
U.S. Air Force veteran Gregg Nelson was chosen to be the Republican nominee for the 86th House of Delegates District seat at Saturday’s legislative mass meeting in Dulles.
“I’m honored to accept the Republican nomination for the House of Delegates,” Nelson said in a prepared statement. “For too long, the rights and interests of ordinary citizens have been ignored. I’m running to give the hardworking men and women of our district a voice in Richmond.”
The Republican nominee will face Democratic nominee Ibraheem Samirah in the Feb. 19 special election. Samirah received his party’s nomination on Jan. 12 over retired Army veteran Kofi Annan, public affairs consultant Chad Thompson, and lawyer and former Herndon Mayor Mike O’Reilly. [Read More]
President Trump will declare a national emergency this week to build more border wall on the southern U.S. border, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced from the floor Thursday.
McConnell said Trump would declare the emergency as he signs a border security compromise bill that Congress is expected to pass Thursday night. That bill lets Trump spend $1.375 billion on border fencing, but Trump has said for weeks he may declare an emergency if Congress doesn’t give him the $5.7 billion he was looking for.
“He will also be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time, and I’ve indicated to him that I’m going to … support the national emergency declaration,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. McConnell added he told Trump he supports his use of a National Emergency Declaration to win more border barriers. [Read More]
Detectives investigating the reported attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollettquestioned him again Thursday as they interviewed two people of interest, including a man who worked on the show, according to law enforcement sources.
The developments come as Smollett gave his first TV interview about the incident and tried to end doubt that he was attacked in Streeterville more than two weeks ago by two men who shouted slurs at him, hit him and wrapped a rope around his neck while yelling, “This is MAGA country!” [Read More]
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