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| IG: McCabe |
| 2018-06-18 |
| BLUF: [Daily Caller] The report says: Lisa Page, who was Special Counsel to McCabe, became involved in the Midyear investigation after McCabe became the Deputy Director in February 2016. Page told the OIG that part of her function was to serve as a liaison between the Midyear team and McCabe. Page acknowledged that her role upset senior FBI officials, but told the OIG that McCabe relied on her to ensure that he had the information he needed to make decisions, without it being filtered through multiple layers of management. Several witnesses told the OIG that Page circumvented the official chain of command, and that Strzok communicated important Midyear case information to her, and thus to McCabe, without Priestap’s or Steinbach’s knowledge. McCabe said that he was aware of complaints about Page, and that he valued her ability to "spot issues" and bring them to his attention when others did not. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 but told the OIG that McCabe relied on her to ensure that he had the information he needed to make decisions, without it being filtered through multiple layers of management. Obviously he did not use this "unfiltered" information properly. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-06-18 15:10 |
| #6 Blue Wave is now a red tide |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-06-18 14:42 |
| #5 Democrats had going into the midterm elections has faded to only a few points, T.W., I have also read that the "blue wave" has all but disappeared. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-06-18 13:49 |
| #4 Reflect on the summer of 2016. Still 4 months to the election I’ve been reading that the initial strong ballot advantage the Democrats had going into the midterm elections has faded to only a few points, if that much. It isn’t something I follow closely — that way lies madness — but it does pop up on my radar from time to time. I’ve also noticed the Democrats are fielding veterans with fighting experience where they can find them, though how many of those are John F. Kerry types or the West Point Red I wouldn’t venture to guess, |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-06-18 13:08 |
| #3 Reflect on the summer of 2016. Still 4 months to the election JohnQC. They're pacing themselves to the voter's short attention spans. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-06-18 11:28 |
| #2 Do you think anything might come of all of this? So far, I'm a bit suspicious and jaundiced that anything might come of the IG report or his testimony. The wheels of justice seem to grind exceedingly slowly. The justice system is hitting only on a couple of cylinders. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-06-18 11:00 |
| #1 Hey Pete, I know what you and Lisa are up to. Normally this type of thing would lead to disciplinary action or dismissal, but I believe we should handle it internally. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-06-18 07:49 |