In his first committee testimony since becoming acting FBI director this week, Andrew McCabe wouldn’t say whether former FBI Director James Comey told President Trump he is not under federal investigation.
“Did you ever hear Director Comey tell the president he was not the subject of an investigation?” asked North Carolina Sen. Richard M. Burr, the chairman of the Intelligence Committee, during a Thursday hearing on worldwide threats.
“I can’t comment on any conversations the director may have had with the president,” McCabe said.
In firing Comey, Trump wrote in a letter Tuesday: “I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation.”
In an apparent reference into the investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia, Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubbio asked McCabe during the hearing if the dismissal of Comey “in any way impeded, interrupted, stopped or negatively impacted any of the work” of the FBI.
“As you know, senator,” McCabe replied, “the work of the men and women of the FBI continues despite any changes in circumstance, any decisions. So 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.”
