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Mad House: Trump ‘Asked Acting FBI Chief McCabe Who He Voted For’ During 2016 Election
After firing James Comey as director of the FBI, US President Donald Trump asked the agency’s deputy director whom he had voted for, US media report.
Andrew McCabe, who had just become the agency’s acting chief after the surprise dismissal last year, said that he did not vote in the 2016 election.
FBI special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether Mr Comey’s firing was an attempt to obstruct justice.
Mr Mueller leads the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
During Mr McCabe’s introductory meeting with the president after he took over the federal law enforcement agency, Mr Trump also allegedly expressed anger with Mr McCabe over his wife’s ties to the Clinton family.
Mr McCabe reportedly found the conversation “disturbing”, according to the Washington Post.
Jill McCabe, a failed Democratic candidate for the Virginia state senate, had received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from a political action committee controlled by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, a longtime Clinton ally.
