The IG concluded in 2018 that McCabe "lacked candor" when speaking to then-FBI Director James Comey and DOJ Oversight and Review (O&R) internal investigators about the leak to the Journal on May 9, 2017. Asked again whether he was aware of the leak to the Journal and had personally authorized it, McCabe was unequivocal. Yep I did,'" the FBI agent said, according to the transcripts. That leak confirmed the existence of the probe, the report said, which Comey had up to that point refused to do. But McCabe has denied any wrongdoing and said the inspector general's conclusions relied on mischaracterizations and omissions, including of information favorable to McCabe.

Source: Fox News January 02, 2020 21:06 UTC