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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham released nearly a dozen transcripts of closed-door interviews conducted last year with key figures in the Trump-Russia inquiry, blasting FBI leadership under fired Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
The South Carolina Republican, who will be leaving the leadership post with Democrats taking control of the Senate, said the document dump on Friday was designed to get as much information from the 11 transcripts out to the public as possible, though some remains classified, hidden under redactions.
“I consider the Crossfire Hurricane investigation a massive system failure by senior leadership, but not representative of the dedicated, hardworking patriots who protect our nation every day at Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice,” Graham said in a lengthy statement, adding, “the leadership of the FBI under Comey and McCabe was either grossly incompetent or they kno