FBI suspected Trump of crime in Russia case says ex-deputy
WASHINGTON: A former FBI deputy director has said that a “crime may have been committed” when Donald Trump sacked the head of the organisation and tried to publicly undermine an investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia.
Andrew Mccabe also said in the TV interview the FBI had good reason to open a counter-intelligence investigation into whether Mr Trump was in league with Russia, and therefore a possible national security threat, following the May 2017 firing of then-fbi director James Comey.
Mr Mccabe said: “And the idea is, if the President committed obstruction of justice, sacked the director of the FBI to negatively impact or to shut down our investigation of Russia’s malign activity and possibly in support of his campaign, as a counterintelligence investigator you have to ask yourself, ‘Why would a president of the United States do that?’”
He added: “So all those same sorts of facts cause us to wonder, is there an inappropriate relationship, a connection between this President and our most fearsome enemy, the Government of Russia?”
Asked whether Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was on board with the investigations, Mr Mccabe replied: “Absolutely.”
Those actions made the FBI concerned that the president was illegally trying to obstruct the Russia probe.