According to growing media reports, the Justice Department’s Inspector General has sent a criminal referral to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for defrocked FBI executive Andrew McCabe.
The development comes on the heels of a harsh IG report last week detailing instances where McCabe failed to tell the truth t investigators and lawmakers alike.
CNN’s Pamela Brown, who has been on the McCabe FBI beat, broke the story.
Former FBI Director James Comey will appear for a live interview later today.
This story is developing.
The Justice Office of the Inspector General has sent a criminal referral regarding Andrew McCabe to the US attorney office in DC, a source familiar with the matter tells @PamelaBrownCNN
McCabe spokesperson declined to comment. Justice and US Attorney in DC declined comment
— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) April 19, 2018
[give_form id=”79809″]Exactly what I’ve been reporting for months…based on the evidence IG Horowitz had to send his findings to the Attorney General to consider criminal charges against McCabe https://t.co/ytDYwt9QhL
— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) April 19, 2018