Top FBI leadership proving to be solid swamp denizens
Comey was not the only FBI alligator in the mire, his assistant was apparently right up there with him in more ways than one. The FBI's boss is under investigation for possible Hatch Act violations by John Solomon and Sara A. Carter WATCH | Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is being investigated by the Office of U.S. Special Counsel for violating The Hatch Act that prohibits FBI agents from campaigning in partisan races. The Office of U.S. Special Counsel, the government’s main whistleblower agency, is investigating whether FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s activities supporting his wife Jill’s Democratic campaign for Virginia state senate in 2015 violated the Hatch Act’s prohibition against FBI agents campaigning in partisan races. Related: Did the FBI retaliate against Michael Flynn? The agency’s probe was prompted by a complaint in April from a former FBI agent who forwarded social media photos showing McCabe wearing a T-shirt supporting his wife’s campaign during a pu...