Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) urged the nation’s top prosecutor to investigate a phone call in which a senior Obama administration official appeared to pressure former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to shut down the probe into the Clinton Foundation during the 2016 presidential election.
The details of the phone call were revealed in a report by the Justice Department watchdog that led to McCabe’s firing. The report states that the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General (PADAG), one of the highest ranked officials at the Justice Department, called McCabe on Aug. 12, 2016, and asked why the FBI was still investigating the Clinton Foundation during the presidential campaign.
