The money was donated before McCabe was promoted to deputy director and assumed a supervisory role in the Clinton email investigation. McAuliffe is a longtime supporter of Clinton and her husband, former president Bill Clinton. McCabe became acting FBI director last May after Trump fired Comey, who was overseeing the bureau’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. McCabe was among the candidates Trump interviewed for the FBI director’s job after he dismissed Comey. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation”, referring to the attorney general, Jeff Sessions.

Source: The Guardian December 24, 2017 03:45 UTC