Sarah Huckabee Sanders Had Called Russia Investigation ‘One of the Smallest Things’Â
Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe for the second time has directly contradicted White House claims. Late Thursday morning Director McCabe exposed as false a key White House claim for firing Director Jim Comey, telling Senators during an Intelligence Committee hearing Comey had “broad support within the FBI, and still does.”
Minutes ago, McCabe said the FBI believes its investigation into Russia’s interference with the U.S. election, presumably including the investigation of Trump associates, is “highly significant.”
Asked to reconfirm his statement, Senator Angus King (I-ME) said, “You would not characterize it as ‘one of the smallest things’ you’re engaged in?”
McCabe responded: “I would not.”
On Wednesday White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders had called the FBI’s Russia investigation “probably one of the smallest things.”
Responding to a question asking if Attorney General Jeff Sessions would recuse himself from the selection process of a replacement for fired FBI Director Jim Comey, Huckabee Sanders told reporters, “look, the FBI is doing a whole lot more than the Russia investigation. I know everybody in this room and probably most of the media around the world would like to think that’s the FBI’s sole responsibility, but that’s probably one of the smallest things that they’ve got going on their plate, and the 20,000 employees that work there. And so he should absolutely have a role in seeing who runs that agency and that department.”
Tuesday night, Huckabee Sanders lamented the American people’s focus on the Russia investigation. She told Fox News host Tucker Carlson, “There is no there, there,” and, “I think the bigger point on that is, my gosh, Tucker, when are they going to let that go?”
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