(11 May 2017) VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:
PULLED INTO THE SPOTLIGHT THURSDAY, THE FBI'S ACTING DIRECTOR ANDREW MCCABE TESTIFYING BEFORE THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
MCCABE WAS STEPPING IN WHERE THE RECENTLY FIRED FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY WAS DUE TO APPEAR ...
AND - PIECE BY PIECE - MCCABE UNDERMINING THE WHITE HOUSE'S EXPLANATIONS ABOUT COMEY'S FIRING.
SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Martin Heinrich, D - New Mexico:
"Is it accurate that the rank and file no longer support Director Comey?"
SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew McCabe, Acting FBI Director:
"No, sir. That is not accurate. // I can tell you also Director Comey enjoyed broad support within the FBI and still does to this day."
LEFT UNCERTAIN ... THE FBI'S PROBE INTO RUSSIA'S ELECTION MEDDLING AND POSSIBLE TIES TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ... AN INVESTIGATION THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS IS SMALL AND RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT.
SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew McCabe, Acting FBI Director:
"We consider it to be a highly significant investigation."
MCCABE PROMISING SENATORS HE WOULD NOT TOLERATE ANY INTERFERENCE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. .
SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew McCabe, Acting FBI Director:
"You cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing."
THE LEADERS OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE DISPUTING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CLAIMS, MADE IN AN INTERVIEW THURSDAY, THAT COMEY WAS A SHOWBOAT AND A GRANDSTANDER.
SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Richard Burr, Intelligence Committee Chairman:
"I found him to be one of the most ethical, upright, straightforward individuals I have had the opportunity to work with."
SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Mark Warner, Intelligence Commitee Vice-Chairman:
"I trusted Jim Comey, echo what the chairman said in terms of his willingness to work with our committee. I thought he had mae some mistakes last fall, but I never called for his resignation. I thought he was a straight-shooter and frankly I am offended at the president's comments today. "
DEFENDING A SHIFTING STORY ON COMEY'S FIRING, THE WHITE HOUSE INSISTING THAT TRUMP'S CONFIDENCE IN HIS FBI DIRECTOR HAD, IN FACT, BEEN ERODING FOR MONTHS.
SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Huckebee Sanders, White House Deputy Press Secretary:
"The President knew that Director Comey was not up to the task. He decided he wasn't the right person in the job. He wanted somebody who could bring credibility back to the FBI."
WASHINGTON'S POLITICAL UNREST, A FLASHBACK TO THE TURBULENCE IN THE CITY UNDER PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON.
TRUMP IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT - SINCE NIXON - TO FIRE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL OVERSEEING AN INVESTIGATION WITH TIES TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
TRACY BROWN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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