Nothing to see here folks, move along:
Scoop: McAuliffe PAC gave $467,500 to campaign of wife of senior FBI official who oversaw Clinton email probe https://t.co/qSxVnuhKZk @WSJ
— Devlin Barrett (@DevlinBarrett) October 24, 2016
The quick and dirty summary is that Gov. McAuliffe’s super PAC donated the $467,500 in a failed attempt to elect Dr. Jill McCabe to the state senate in 2015. She lost the race to the incumbent Republican, but shortly after the election her husband — Andrew McCabe — was promoted to Deputy Director of the FBI and one of his jobs was an “oversight role in the investigation into Secretary Clinton’s emails.”
What a surprise! https://t.co/3YhvSiy3b6
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) October 24, 2016
The FBI, McAuliffe and team Clinton all deny wrongdoing, but boy does it smell:
Thats a lot of money for a favor. But it worked. Think we'll have many of these in coming years? https://t.co/fLr2G3ymIV
— Andrew Malcolm (@AHMalcolm) October 24, 2016
And even if nobody did anything wrong, this applies:
Even if you don't think there's a link, it's a reminder how incestuous DC is. https://t.co/skL5VpI7xO
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) October 24, 2016
No wonder so many Americans — on both sides — think things are rigged.
Update. The reporter behind the scoop tweeted this after publication:
apparently needs underlining: FBI probe of Clinton email was launched in July 2015. Big McAuliffe donations to FBI spouse 2 months later 1/2
— Devlin Barrett (@DevlinBarrett) October 24, 2016
doesn't mean they are connected. but don't misstate the order of events: server found, campaign launched, email probe, donations, promotion
— Devlin Barrett (@DevlinBarrett) October 24, 2016
Editor’s note: This post has been updated.
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