McCabe Reveals Why he Ordered Trump Obstruction Probe

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Posted on AllSides February 14, 2019

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Andrew McCabe, the former acting director of the FBI, said he ordered obstruction of justice and counterintelligence investigations involving Donald Trump and his ties to Russia, shortly after the president fired James Comey as director of the agency in 2017, CBS News is reporting.

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