Trump called for acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe to be fired on day of Paul Manafort raid
President Trump complained about the then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe just hours after FBI agents raided the Virginia home of President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort late last month.
“Why didn’t A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation but got….,” Trump tweeted at 9:48 a.m. Eastern time on July 26.
Why didn't A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation but got….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017
On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported “FBI agents raided the Alexandria home of President Trump’s former campaign chairman late last month, using a search warrant to seize documents and other materials, according to people familiar with the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.”
A spokesperson for Manafort confirmed the pre-dawn raid. The New York Times added the FBI agents were looking for tax documents and foreign banking records.
A few minutes after his first July 26 tweet, Trump added about McCabe: “…big dollars ($700,000) for his wife’s political run from Hillary Clinton and her representatives. Drain the Swamp!”
…big dollars ($700,000) for his wife's political run from Hillary Clinton and her representatives. Drain the Swamp!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017
Both tweets are factually inaccurate. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s PAC never donated to McCabe’s wife, and McCabe himself was never in charge of the investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. McCabe has since been replaced by Christopher Wray, who was confirmed by the Senate to be FBI Director earlier this month.
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Trump also posted a string of tweets banning transgender individualsfrom serving in the United States military on July 26 — a tweet that caught many in the military sector off guard.
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Trump called for acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe to be fired on day of Paul Manafort raid https://t.co/xGj7UbeL2G pic.twitter.com/xyXBxP00mr
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 9, 2017
Does this guy ever know what he is talking about or is he picking up random fake news from somewhere and parroting it? Otherwise you got to wonder if he is living in the same world the rest of us are.
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