Well, that was thoughtful of him. According to the New York Post, former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe has apologized for lying to agents who spent weeks investigating the source of a Wall Street Journal leak that came directly from McCabe.

Andrew McCabe said he lied to FBI about Wall Street Journal leak https://t.co/Roz4uMSnqj pic.twitter.com/x9EZRzFNJh — New York Post (@nypost) January 2, 2020

McCabe is the author of “The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump.” But it’s President Trump who’s dragging the solemn institution of the FBI through the mud … got it. The Post reports:

Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe apologized for lying to agents who spent weeks investigating the source of a leak to the Wall Street Journal that actually came from him, new documents reveal. Shortly before the 2016 election, The Journal reported that an FBI investigation was underway involving then-candidate Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. McCabe in May 2017 denied that he was the source of the leak — but later fessed up, angering bureau investigators who had been spinning their wheels trying to identify the source of the leak.

This is a crime. People go to jail for this. When the Deputy Director of the FBI is the guilty party, it's even worse.https://t.co/cMdyKpffgC — Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) January 2, 2020

Exactly! So why is he not being charged for his crimes? — Jerri ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Free Flynn (@jerrilyn69) January 3, 2020

Well, lying to the FBI is a crime, right ? Why isn’t he in jail ? — Donna Prim (@primadonna3118) January 3, 2020

Great. So where are the indictments? I keep hearing about crimes committed, then NOTHING HAPPENS! — Elizabeth Walker (@Bwalkercox) January 3, 2020

But but but …cnn! — LateDecemberBackin63 (@LBackin63) January 3, 2020

Good point … if McCabe is indicted and locked up, how will he fulfill his responsibilities as a CNN contributor?

CNN contributor ???? — Terry Woods Bagley (@MsBags) January 2, 2020

He’ll be on .@cnn with his analysis tonight. — Katsy (@NJWomen4Trump) January 2, 2020

Then why isn’t he in jail now? Who is holding up the arrest? Put him in jail he is not above any US citizen. If I did this I would be arrested! — JoTaylor (@JoTaylo57508353) January 3, 2020

Hoping he’ll have his house raided in the dead of night too. — Jimni27 (@jimni27) January 2, 2020

Hope a Swat team arrives at his house at 5AM — Legal Immigrant No Malarkey (@1776Legal) January 2, 2020

With a CNN van that just happens to be there. — elPresidenteCastro (@elPresCastro) January 2, 2020

this was part of his job application for CNN — Count Mo (@DrMosesAB) January 2, 2020

Is he admitting this as part of a plea bargain? — Ruby (@IncrementalAdv) January 2, 2020

So-McCabe is “sorry” for lying to his FBI colleagues? Is that a legal defense? Nope. — Pamela Browne (@browne_pamela) January 2, 2020

Maybe he needs to serve some quality prison time. — David Wayne (@DavidEakins7) January 3, 2020

Yet here we are, with the seditious bastard on television opining away and most of our media is complicit in a long running coup attempt. I spent years as a law officer & there’s nothing worse than a dirty cop. McCabe & Comey are going down. I just wish I could slap the cuffs on — Jeremiah Johnson (@Havoc16492) January 2, 2020

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