FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe testifies about Comey, Clinton

Andrew McCabe.
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FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe testified for more than 16 hours this week during two sessions in front of members of the House Intelligence, Oversight, and Judiciary committees, and several Democrats and Republicans told CNN on Thursday that McCabe detailed conversations and communications he had with his onetime boss, former FBI Director James Comey.

McCabe discussed matters related to the FBI's investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, CNN reports. He revealed during private testimony before the House Intelligence Committee that Comey told him about the troubling conversations he had with President Trump shortly after they happened, three people with knowledge of the matter told CNN, and this points to McCabe being able to corroborate Comey's testimony that he briefed senior colleagues about his interactions with Trump.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.