President Trump asked Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe during an Oval Office meeting last year whom he voted for in the 2016 election, according to a new report.
The Washington Post reports Trump invited McCabe to the White House after he fired former FBI Director James Comey last May. McCabe was the acting FBI director at the time.
Current and former U.S. officials told the Post that Trump and McCabe had a casual conversation before Trump asked McCabe who he voted for in the 2016 presidential election. McCabe reportedly told Trump that he didn’t vote.
Trump also reportedly expressed anger at McCabe over the thousands of dollars in donations his wife, a Democrat, received for her failed Virginia state Senate bid in 2015 from a political action committee led by former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), who is closely tied to the Clintons.
One former U.S. official told the Post that McCabe thought the conversation with Trump was “disturbing,” and one person told the newspaper that special counsel Robert Mueller is interested in the talk.
McCabe was one of several candidates Trump interviewed to replace Comey as FBI director. Trump ultimately tapped Christopher Wray to lead the bureau.
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JUST IN: Trump asked acting FBI chief to tell him who he voted for during WH meeting after Comey firing: report https://t.co/vSGtVKpLpd pic.twitter.com/Uhzk6zk422
— The Hill (@thehill) January 24, 2018
Imagine the GOP reaction in the alternative universe if President Hillary Clinton did this. On Fox, Sean Hannity would be slamming the desk and quoting from the Book of Revelation https://t.co/BaK7JUVVv6
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 24, 2018
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