McCabe: I walked into FBI every day as acting head expecting to be removed

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe says in a newly published interview that he expected to be removed last year as acting head of the FBI every day he was in the position.

McCabe told Politico in an interview earlier this month that was published after his firing Friday that he learned he “might not be in the position for a long time” when he was picked to be the agency’s acting head last year after then-Director James Comey’s firing.

McCabe said that as he held the position following President Trump’s firing of Comey in May, he worked to make sure the probe into Russia’s election interference would continue.

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“I literally walked into the building every day expecting that I would be removed from my position before the end of the day,” McCabe said. “And if that happened, I didn’t want anyone to be able to just walk away from the work that we had done.”

Trump eventually tapped Christopher Wray in June to lead the bureau. 

But while he was acting head, McCabe said that he pushed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to appoint a special counsel for the Russia investigation.

Rosenstein appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to lead the probe, which has reportedly looked at claims of obstruction of justice surrounding Trump’s firing of Comey.

McCabe also told Politico that he had briefed top congressional leaders — the a group known as the “Gang of Eight” — about his actions.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe on Friday night for not being forthcoming during an inspector general review.

McCabe defended himself, saying he was honest with investigators and claiming that his firing was an attempt to undermine Mueller’s probe, of which he is a potential witness.