Prosecutors are using a grand jury to investigate whether former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe misled the bureau

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• Prosecutors at the US attorney's office in Washington, DC, are using a grand jury as they investigate whether former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe misled the bureau about disclosures to the media during the 2016 election.
• At least one witness has reportedly been called to testify and the investigation is ongoing.
• The Justice Department's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, sent a criminal referral regarding McCabe to the US attorney's office in Washington, DC, earlier this year after he found that McCabe "lacked candor" on several occasions while being interviewed by internal investigators.
• If the US attorney's office decides to prosecute McCabe, the charge would likely be lying to the FBI.

The Justice Department is using a grand jury as it investigates whether former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe misled the FBI about disclosures to the media at the height of the 2016 presidential election, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

McCabe was fired from the FBI in March after the inspector general, Michael Horowitz, found that he was not forthcoming about his role in approving the FBI's disclosures to the media in October 2016 related to its investigation into the Clinton Foundation.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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