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Andrew McCabe says its "possible" Trump is a Russian asset

McCabe on what prompted Trump investigation

Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe thinks it's "possible" that President Trump could be a Russian asset. On Tuesday, he was asked directly by CNN's Anderson Cooper whether he believed that to be the case. 

"Do you still believe the President could be a Russian asset?" Cooper asked McCabe on "Anderson Cooper 360."

"I think it's possible. I think that's why we started our investigation, and I'm really anxious to see where Director Mueller concludes that," McCabe responded, referring to special counsel Robert Mueller.

In an interview that aired earlier this week on CBS News' "60 Minutes" Scott Pelley posed a similar question to McCabe:

Scott Pelley: Are you saying that the president is in league with the Russians?

Andrew McCabe: I'm saying that the FBI had reason to investigate that. Right, to investigate the existence of an investigation doesn't mean someone is guilty. I would say, Scott, if we failed to open an investigation under those circumstances, we wouldn't be doing our jobs.

McCabe told Pelley that the question of whether there existed an "inappropriate relationship" between Mr.  Trump and the government of Russia prompted the decision to launch obstruction of justice and counterintelligence investigations into the president. 

After a Justice Department inspector general report found McCabe to be "lacking candor" on multiple occasions in conversations with federal investigators on multiple occasions, McCabe was fired by the FBI. He has suggested that the Office of the Inspector General was doing the president's bidding in kicking him out just two days before his retirement. 

"Look, what I know, Anderson, is that the president very publicly demanded a result, and the Office of the Inspector General delivered that result.  I know they struggled to do so.  Some of the documents that we've been able to review in the last few months clearly indicate that.  But the president desired that I be gone before I could be eligible to retire.  The Office of the Inspector General rushed to get that done on time," he argued. 

Andrew McCabe: ‘I think it’s possible’ Trump is a Russian asset

While promoting his book The Threat, former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe stopped by Anderson Cooper 360 where he spoke at length about the investigation into Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. McCabe first opened the investigation shortly after the president fired then FBI director James Comey, and on Tuesday night, he made it clear he still questions where Trump’s loyalties lie.When Cooper asked if he believes Trump could be a Russian asset, McCabe replied, “I think it’s possible. I think that’s why we started the investigation.”

Trump has repeatedly called the investigation a witch hunt, and has even gone after McCabe personally on numerous occasions calling him a liar. But, according to McCabe, it was the president’s own actions that prompted the investigation in the first place.We thought that a potential threat to national security might exist,” McCabe said. “That being that the President of the United States may have attempted to obstruct justice in his efforts to thwart and impede our investigation of Russian influence, and if he had done so, why? Why would any American president try to stop the FBI from investigating what the Russians might have done to our election?”McCabe believes he was fired in March of last year because he opened an investigation into Trump, but he said he stands by that decision, adding, “Presented with facts, we made hard decisions, decisions we knew would be tough on the organization, would be tough on us personally. Look what I have gone through as a result of those decisions. But we did them anyway because we were committed to our responsibilities and serving this country.”

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