Trump reportedly asked acting FBI director how he voted; special counsel is said to take interest
FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C./Kristi Blokhin (Shutterstock.com).
President Donald Trump reportedly asked acting FBI director Andrew McCabe how he voted in the 2016 election in a conversation held soon after the May firing of James Comey.
McCabe replied that he didn’t vote, according to unnamed sources who spoke with the Washington Post about the incident. One source told the Post that special counsel Robert Mueller has found the conversation to be of interest.
During the same conversation, Trump reportedly expressed anger about hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donations received by McCabe’s wife from a political action committee linked to an ally of Hillary Clinton. McCabe’s wife, a Democrat, received the money in an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate.
One source told the Post that McCabe found the conversation “disturbing.”
Comey had elevated McCabe to deputy director in February 2016 and after McCabe’s wife lost the election. As part of McCabe’s new duties, he oversaw the investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server and into donations made to the Clinton Foundation. McCabe later recused himself from those investigations.
According to the Post article, “it is clear that Trump still harbors a deep dislike of McCabe.” Former King & Spalding partner Christopher Wray became the new FBI director in August.
