According to recently reviewed emails between former officials inside the FBI, former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was “aware” that CNN had obtained a copy of the infamous Trump dossier days before it was publicly known.
The Federalist is reporting that the emails -obtained by GOP Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin- confirm that McCabe had an “internal understanding” of the news network’s handling of the unverified and Clinton-financed dossier, going so far as to use “coded language” to refer to the document.
“Two days after the briefing, on January 8, 2017, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who earlier this year was fired and then referred for criminal prosecution by the DOJ inspector general for repeatedly lying about media leaks, wrote an e-mail to top FBI officials with the subject, ‘Flood is coming,’” writes the Federalist.
“CNN is close to going forward with the sensitive story,” McCabe wrote to Comey, Rybicki, and two others. “The trigger for them is they know the material was discussed in the brief and presented in an attachment.”
Comey already stated that it was Clapper who wanted the briefing for Trump. The same Clapper that subsequently went to work with CNN. I’m not sure what part McCabes knowing about CNN would have done.
I wonder if the Administrator will return with the notation that is the basis for the title of the OP? I also could not find a reference that he discussed it directly with CNN.
That was prior to the election, and they hadn’t breifed the president yet. CNN article from Jan 10, 2017 says he was briefed a week ago. WELL before he was sworn in as president.
I’m still not following. Sorry, not trying to be obtuse here. What was prior to the election? How much leaking was coming out of the Trump transition to the White House? A ton.
Is the accusation here that McCabe leaked the dossier to CNN? Or that he leaked the briefing Comey gave Trump on the dossier to CNN?
