EXCLUSIVE: McCabe’s FBI Tried to Re-engage Christopher Steele After Comey Was Fired

EXCLUSIVE: McCabe’s FBI Tried to Re-engage Christopher Steele After Comey Was Fired
Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe during a news conference at the Justice Department on July 13, 2017. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Jeff Carlson
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In the days following the firing of FBI Director James Comey by President Donald Trump, the FBI, under Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, sought to re-engage with former MI6 spy and author of the Steele dossier, Christopher Steele. 
The FBI’s attempts to re-engage Steele, who had been fired by the FBI six months earlier for breaking protocol by talking to reporters, were soon thwarted by the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller.