determined mccabe did so simply to try and save his own reputation. the report states we concluded that mccabe s decision to confirm the existence of the clinton foundation investigation through an anonymously sourced quote recounting the content of a phone call with a senior department official in a manner designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of department leadership was clearly not within the public interest exception. now, the report also says mccabe believed his former boss comey was under investigation for leaking as well. the former director of the fbi is about to kick off a media tour promoting a new tell all look which includes his depictions of interactions with president trump, and in an interview, with abc news george stephanopoulos, comey talks about one of their first meetings. the president elect trump s first question was to confirm that it had no impact on the election and then the conversation to my surprise moved into a pr conversation
kelly: the department of justice internal watchdog releasing an explosive report that led to the firing of fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. this coming as ousted fbi director james comey gets ready to release a tell-all book. garrett tenney is live in washington with the very latest on the fbi scandals. mccabe has claimed all along that he was authorized to release information to a reporter. what got him in trouble is when he lied about doing it. in the much anticipated report, the justice department s inspector general found that mccabe lied to investigators four times about the incident. the report notes that as deputy director, mccabe was authorized to allow bureau personnel to speak with reporters if certain conditions were met. and in this case, the ig
determined mccabe did so simply to try and save his own reputation. the report states we concluded that mccabe s decision to confirm the existence of the clinton foundation investigation through an anonymously sourced quote recounting the content of a phone call with a senior department official in a manner designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of department leadership was clearly not within the public interest exception. now, the report also says mccabe believed his former boss comey was under investigation for leaking as well. the former director of the fbi is about to kick off a media tour promoting a new tell all look which includes his depictions of interactions with president trump, and in an interview, with abc news george stephanopoulos, comey talks about one of their first meetings. the president elect trump s first question was to confirm that it had no impact on the election and then the conversation to my surprise moved into a pr conversation
fbi s opr then reviewed the report, and underlying documents, and issued a disciplinary proposal recommending the dismissal of andrew mccabe. both the oig, the fbi opr, the report concluded that he had an unauthorized disclosure to the liberal news media and that, pay attention, he lacked candor, including candor under oath on multiple occasions. that s called lying to the fbi. the fbi and the doj inspector general determined mccabe lied on multiple occasions, that in and of itself can be a crime. mccabe can only blame himself, and by the way, what cannot be understated is how significant this move is. for the fbi and the doj to recommend that he be fired, it means that he did radically wrong at the fbi. in fact, sources are telling us tonight, again, that mccabe in the future could be facing multiple charges. it s that serious. i know the media is not telling
detailing his personal interactions with president trump which will be a part of mueller s investigation to determine if president trump attempted to interfere in the fbi s investigations. however, back in may, when mccabe was asked about this on capitol hill, he told lawmakers unequivocally that he had not experienced that. there has been no effort to impede our investigation to date. simply put, sir, you cannot stop the men and women of the fbi from doing the right thing, protecting the american people, and upholding the constitution. attorney general jeff sessions said he decided to fire mccabe after an investigation by the justice department s inspector general determined mccabe had lacked candor or lied to investigators who were reviewing the fbi s probe of hilary clinton s private e-mail server and then separately leaked information to a reporter about the bureau s investigation into the clinton foundation. mccabe denies the allegations against him and maintains that